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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 5261 5264
A SMALL BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER A BRONZE ELEPHANT-FORM
Late Qing/Republic period PAPERWEIGHT
5259 The reticulated wood lid centered by a 18th century
A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNÉ lingzhi-shaped hardstone finial and separating The recumbent pachyderm depicted curling
AND CHAMPLEVÉ EMBELLISHED opposing zoomorphic handles on either his horse-like tail and lotus pod-form trunk
LACQUERED PANELS side of the thin flat mouth rim surmounting a towards an elaborately decorated saddle
20th century subtly attenuated neck on top of the globular blanket draped across his back; supported by
The hardwood frames of horizontal body all raised atop three beast-head legs all a small fitted wood stand.
rectangular section enclosing mirror images encircling the maker’s mark cast to the base 2in (5cm) long
formed by colorful enamels overlaid atop a reading guyuan, with fitted wood stand.
black lacquer and gilt background to depict 7 1/2in (9cm) width over handles
gnarled peach trees suspending nine leafy US$800 - 1,200
fruits above two cranes perched atop a rocky US$1,500 - 2,500
promontory of lingzhi fungi. 5265
36 1/2 x 47in (92.7 x 119.5cm)
5262 A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED BIRD
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE ZUN-FORM CENSERS WITH REMOVABLE WINGS
US$10,000 - 15,000 VASE Republic period
19th century Each bird constructed with a wire mesh
There have been several nearly identical Of hexagonal section and cast in fine linear crest, a pair of removable wings that cover
an opening in the hollow body with its feet
relief with stiff leaf panels rising on the flared
panels offered in these rooms: see lot 9260 neck, taotie mask panels on the swelling body attached to an oval cover on a conforming
in sale 23488 of 21 December 2016. A pair and flaring feet, the metal finished with a dark box; the exterior surfaces picked out in white
of similar composition but with red lacquer chocolate brown patina (wear to patina, base and brilliantly hued enamels, the exposed
backgrounds were sold as lot 8103 in sale plate possibly re-sealed). metal edges finished with gilt wash and
22510 of 10 December 2015. 12in (30 .5cm) high turquoise enamel applied to the exterior base
and interior surfaces of the box and cover.
5260 US$1,000 - 1,500 7 1/2in (19cm) high
A SMALL BRONZE ARROW VASE
Yuan/Ming dynasty US$1,500 - 2,500
The tall tapered neck encircled by a wide 5263
band of wave patterns and supporting AN UNUSUAL BRONZE BRUSH POT
opposing cylindrical handles above the WITH FIGURAL DECORATION Provenance
Of fan shape, the convex front applied with
globular body adorned in repeating leiwen silver, reddish copper, and gilt with the Seven a Kansas City, Missouri, estate
motifs at the shoulders (the underside re- Sages of Bamboo enjoying a scholarly leisure
soldered). time in a landscape with bamboo groves
6in (15.2cm) high along a winding watercourse, the top with
a matching inscription, bearing a xin-chou
US$800 - 1,200 date (equivalent to 1901/1961), with an
indecipherable signature and a seal mark,
the reverse portraying on the flat sides with
An arrow vase of slightly larger size with the legendary figures of Shancai and Liu Hai,
similar wave and diaper patterns sold in our the recessed base carrying a vertical mark,
San Francisco sale 22411, 23 June 2015, lot reading Wenchang Ge.
7106, (8in [20.3cm] high), also as Yuan/Ming 6 1/2in (16.5cm) high
dynasty.
US$800 - 1,200
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