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A bronze oKimono of A fox
Meiji Period A jApAnese tsuisHu lACquer reCtAngulAr bunKo
The animal modelled with one paw raised, the muzzle upwards and 19th century
with an alert face, the tail swept round the hind quarters, the fur Decorated on the cover with a narrative scene in a landscape containing
delineated with cold carved incisions, the base with a raised tablet a mounted scholar beside a deer and other figures in a garden; each
signed 雲果迼. side with a kacho-ga design of a long-tailed bird and foliage.
13.5cm (5 1/4in) high 40cm (16in) wide (2).

£800 - 1,200 HK$9,500 - 14,000 £500 - 800 HK$5,900 - 9,500
CNY7,600 - 11,000 CNY4,700 - 7,600

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tHree jApAnese bronze vAses An ivory oKimono of A fisHermAn
Meiji/Taisho Period Meiji Period
Comprising a trunk form hollow vessel applied and cast in relief The figure standing on a rockwork base beside a tree stump, wearing
with five bats encircling a trunk issuing flowering plants; a slender a reed apron over his tunic, a wicker basket suspended from the belt,
compressed bottle vase applied with a bee to the lower neck; and holding a fish in the left hand, incised two-characters to base.
a further bottle vase applied in copper and gilt with crabs amongst 20cm (7.7/8in) high.
aquatic plants and phoenix grasping flowering stems, signed.
The largest 35cm (13.3/4in) high. £700 - 1,000 HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY6,600 - 9,500

£600 - 800 HK$7,100 - 9,500 Please note this lot is being sold to benefit the World Wildlife Fund.
CNY5,700 - 7,600

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