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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE LOBED WINE
VESSEL AND COVER, BIANHU
Qin/Western Han Dynasty
The compressed oval body plain with two
moulded C-shaped panels on each side,
the wide waist flanked by a pair of taotie
ringed handles, narrowing to a slim neck
before ending in a six-lobed garlic mouth,
surmounted by a matching six-lobed cover
with a circular knop, fitted box. 33.5cm (13
1/4in) high (3).
£6,000 - 8,000
HK$64,000 - 85,000
CNY53,000 - 71,000
Provenance: Bonhams Hong Kong,
November 2013, lot 570.

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A SILVERED BRONZE MIRROR
Han Dynasty
The central knob rising from an ornate
quatrefoil within a circle in relief enclosing
nine small bosses, the external area with
other seven bosses interlocked by abstract
animal and birds cast in thread relief, the
outer band with a zigzag decoration on the
rim.
16.8cm (6 5/8in) diam.
£2,500 - 4,000
HK$27,000 - 42,000
CNY22,000 - 35,000

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