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A PAIR OF GILT BRONZE LION DOGS
19th century
Each heavy animal cast on all-fours with tail curling over the back,
head raised with snarling expression,
10.5cm high, weight 1041g and 933g

£300 - 400

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A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER FOR THE ISLAMIC
MARKET
Of bombé form with twin loop handles and raised on three plain
supports, unknown four character mark,
10.5cm high, 14cm diameter, weight, 2067g

£400 - 600

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AN UNUSUAL OVAL SECTION INCENSE BURNER
Six character Qianlong mark but later
With twin upright handles and engraved designs of lotus and raised on
four cabriole supports,
11cm high, 22cm wide, weight 1155g

£300 - 500

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A BRONZE SHOULAO GROTTO
17th century
Cast with the central Daoist God of Longevity seated under a large
overhanging rock face, clad in long robes and holding a peach and
staff, flanked with a small stag and a crane, the reverse with a cast
inscription in low relief ‘Made by Tang Yanghui’, mounted on a later
metal plinth,
the bronze 40cm high

£800 - 1,200

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