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A tripoD Bronze inCense Burner An ArChAistiC Bronze inCense Burner, fAngDing
Ming Dynasty Late Ming Dynasty
With reticulated dragon and cloud scroll handles, the three paw form The rectangular vessel set on scrolling legs with stylised beast head
feet with horned mythical beast head capitals, the rounded body cast terminals, the sides cast in low relief with taotie masks on a leiwen ground,
in low relief with bands of ruyi, the cylindrical neck with taotie masks on beneath a border of confronting dragons, the everted rim with two upright
a key fret ground, the everted flattened rim with a further key fret band. loop handles, later wood cover with bronze Buddhist lion finial.
34.2cm (13.1/2in) high. 41cm (16.1/4in) high including cover.

£1,000 - 2,000 HK$12,000 - 24,000 £600 - 1,000 HK$7,100 - 12,000
CNY9,500 - 19,000 CNY5,700 - 9,500

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A lArge ArChAistiC Bronze vAse, hu A Bronze hAn-style squAre vAse, fAnghu
Ming Dynasty Yuan/Ming Dynasty
The heavily cast vase with a band of large taotie masks reserved on Applied with archaistic taotie mask and loose ring handles, fitted wood
a keyfret ground, above downward pointing dagger lappets enclosing stand.
further taotie, the neck with a narrow band of gui dragons, flanked The bronze 31cm (12.1/4in) high.
by two handles formed as the tongues of two beast masks, the high
foot with another band of archaistic dragons, areas of red and green £1,000 - 1,500 HK$12,000 - 18,000
archaistic patina. CNY9,500 - 14,000
51cm (20in) high

£800 - 1,200 HK$9,500 - 14,000 Provenance
CNY7,600 - 11,000 An English private collection, according to family tradition from the
collection of George Eumorfopolous (1863-1939), and thence by descent.

For a further example of an archaistic fanghu, attributed to the Yuan/
Ming Dynasty, see Michel Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine imperiale des
Song aux Qing, Musee Cernuschi 2003, p. 75, no. 26.

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