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A SILVER WIRE-INLAY BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER A SMALL CAST BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
Shisou mark, 18th/19th century 18th/19th century
The sturdy square-sectioned handles rising vertically over the flat The mouth rim encircled by a raised vertical lip and set atop a ridged
mouth rim surmounting a waisted neck above a body of compressed waist over a compressed ovoid body supported by three short tapered
globular section all supported by three short cabriole feet, the exterior cylindrical feet encircling a cast makers’ mark reading shigu zhi bao.
surfaces inlaid in several registers of elaborate repeating geometric 5 1/2in (14cm) wide
and archaistic bands and the underside centered by the two-character
mark; with an elaborate wood stand adorned in coral cabochons US$1,000 - 1,500
(dent, abrasions).
6 1/4in (16cm) width over handles
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A GENTLEMAN
US$3,000 - 5,000
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5254 TWO METAL TRIPOD CENSERS
The first, a Chinese bronze censer of compressed globular form with
A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER DISHES faceted handles rising obliquely from the rim and supported on three
Inspired by Tang dynasty parcel-gilt silver prototypes, each of the conical legs, the base bearing the seal qin shu lu and the mottled
quatrelobed dishes engraved and gilt to the wide floor with a central russet patina accented with gold leaf; the second, a Japanese
medallion enclosing four large blossoms with overlapped feathery cylindrical censer imitating a tree trunk raised on branch-shaped feet of
leaves in the center, surrounded with four additional flowers at the foot
of the raised ridges, within a detailed floral band on the everted flaring pine, bamboo and prunus, the base stamped Seizan, the domed cover
cast with flowering plants and both sections finished with a russet
lip. brown patina (wear).
4 5/8in (11.7cm) square 4 5/8in (11.7cm) diameter of first censer
4in (10cm) height of second censer
US$2,500 - 3,500
US$2,000 - 4,000
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A GILT BRONZE BUFFALO-FORM VESSEL
The naturalistically modelled alert-looking animal cast in recumbent PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF HOWARD A SLATOFF (1921-
position, its horned head turned to one side, its legs tucked under the 2000)
hollowed body with an opening to the top, a calf by its tail on the left
side. 5258
6in (15.2cm) long A CAST BRONZE CYLINDRICAL BOX AND COVER
Han dynasty
US$2,500 - 4,000 Formed with a flat base, an extruding flange on the wall with circular
opening repeated in the raised boss finial on the conforming cover,
both sections showing traces of gilt line decoration beneath the burial
adhesions (corrosion, losses, repairs).
2 3/8in (6cm) height overall

US$1,200 - 1,800

Provenance
probably the T. Z. Shiota Gallery, San Francisco, as indicated by the
typed paper label on the Japanese wood storage box for the lot

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