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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘LION’ TRIPOD BASIN 明十六至十七世紀
MING DYNASTY, 16TH – 17TH CENTURY 局部鎏金銅鼓釘獅耳三足爐
cast with rounded sides rising from a flat base supported 《大明宣德年製》仿款
on three short cabriole legs, each decorated with a lion
mask, the exterior flanked by a pair of lion mask handles,
between two rows of studs encircling the rim and lower
body, the mythical beast designs gilt, the base centred with
an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within a recessed
cartouche
34.6 cm, 13⅝ in.
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,500-38,300

Mark

B59ZM