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EARLY CHINESE ART
PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO ESTATE
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A GROUP OF TEN SMALL BRONZE SEALS A GROUP OF FOUR ARCHAIC BRONZE SWORDS
Han dynasty or later Warring States to Han dynasty
All of small and short square section surmounted by tortoise-form The first comprised of a thin and long blade terminating in an asymmetric
or loop-form handles, the undersides incised with varied zhuanshu point and suspended by a ovoid loop shaped pommel, covered in
inscriptions, several covered in verdigris adhesions. uniform areas of green verdigris; the remaining three of similar elaborate
1 1/8in (2.9cm) height of tallest shape comprised of handles covered in small bosses below three levels
$1,000 - 1,500 of spiked cross guards and above cube shaped pommels covered in
verdigris and traces of lapis, supporting flattened obelisk-shaped blades
3298 uniformly corroded by oxidation and earthen adhesions.
A GROUP OF FIVE CAST BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRRORS 30in (76cm) approximate length of each
Han dynasty $1,000 - 1,500
The first cast with an upright lip, an outer band of intertwined dragons
and leaves and an inner band of illegible characters surrounding PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
the central knob; the second cast with a wide, flat rim raised above
the principal band of cloud or bird scrolls separated by four circular 3301
bosses and centered by a tall knob; and three other mirrors of similar TWO BRONZE MIRRORS
form with wide rims, hatchured bands bordering a ring of raised Han and Tang dynasties
characters and a center roundel formed from eight raised arches The first of silvery bronze, cast with a wide flat rim surrounding a
surrounding the domed knob (all with varying degrees of burial recess displaying a twenty-two character inscription bordered by
adhesions). rope-patterned bands and central rosette with eight lobes and twelve
3 to 4 1/4in (7.7 to 10.8cm) diameters circular bosses centered by a pierced knob; the second cast with
$1,500 - 2,000 a band of cloud scrolls on the inclined rim, the recessed surfaces
including an outer band of birds and insects amid grapes and an
3299 inner roundel of four lions amid grapes surrounding the pierced knob
A GROUP OF FIVE CAST BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRRORS of recumbent animal shape (both with cracks, cuprite and malachite
Han dynasty burial accretions).
The largest cast with a wide flat rim and illegible band of 5 1/8 and 4 1/2in (13.2 and 11.5cm) diameters
characters set between narrow hatchured bands, a further circle $1,000 - 1,500
made from eight arcs and the area surrounding the knob showing
twelve circular bosses; the next two of silvery bronze TLV type, Provenance
the larger with five raised and slanted Ts, the smaller showing purchased from Dragon House, San Francisco, 8 July 1991
four slanted Ts; the fourth also of TLV type with the letters drawn
in upright outline form interspersed with scrolls and eight raised PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MS. NAOMI LINDSTROM,
bosses surrounding a square reserve around the center knob, the SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
canted rim showing three consecutive saw-tooth bands; the last
showing a saw-tooth band to the center of the wide rim, tigers 3302
and dragons alternating with four bosses bordered by two narrow A LARGE GREEN GLAZED JAR
hatchured bands and a tall knob (three mirrors with cracks, most Han dynasty
with extensive malachite encrustations). Potted with a tall cupped mouth and molded along the shoulder in a
6 7/8 to 4 1/8in (17.3 to 10.5cm) diameters band of figural motifs, the mottled leaf green glaze showing patches of
$1,500 - 2,000 iridescence (glaze degraded, minor chips).
15in (38cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500
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