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An unusual cast bronze hu-form vase
Ming dynasty
Elegantly cast and raised on a wide oval base set off by a finely
worked band of wave patterns below a low-slung belly, the tapered
neck cast with an whimsical abstract taotie mask rendered with fine
lines and elongated spiral bands and set between two lion mask
handles, the surface burnished with a reddish-umber patina.
13in (33 cm) high
$5,000 - 8,000

For similar examples with a wave-patterned base, see Later Chinese
Bronzes: a special exhibition of 14th to 18th century examples, 16-19
May 1984, presented by Michael Eveleigh and Brian Harkins, figures
2 and 5; and Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the
Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3302.

7101
A lacquered bronze figure of guanyin
Ming dynasty
The serene figure wearing an Amitabha crown under her hooded
chignon, elaborate robes and jeweled necklaces, a book of sutras
supporting her right arm and a child seated in her lap as she sits
in royal ease between a parrot and the boy attendant Shancai, all
supported on multiple lotus stalks growing from the rock-work base,
the surfaces covered with gilt and red lacquer layers.
12in (30.5cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000

7102
A gold-splashed bronze covered box
Xuande mark, 18th/19th century
Cast with a raised domed centered top and of substantial weight, the
warm umber-colored bronze with irregular splashes of gold, a square
recess in the circular base bearing the four-character mark cast in
standard script. 6in (15.3cm) diameter
$10,000 - 15,000

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