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A RARE BRONZE ‘LOTUS POND’ BARBED-RIM BASIN The inscription on the underside of the rim reads ‘宗紀楊世傑造’,
Cast Zhongji Yangshi Zhizao six-character mark, 12th/13th century which may be translated as ‘Made by Zongji Yang Shijie zao’.
The deep basin with a wide flat foliate rim, moulded on the interior with
ducks, fish and herons in a lotus pond, another heron and butterfly in A related bronze basin with a similar but dated signature containing
flight above, the rim with a band of peony flower heads, all raised on the name of Yang Shi (楊世), Xi Xia dynasty, 1134, is illustrated by
three curved feet. M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chinese Imperiale des Song aux Qing,
40.4cm (15 7/8in) diam. Paris, 2013, p.143, no.94. Compare also a basin of similar size and
shape but with a different design, illustrated by S.E.Lee and Wai-kam
£8,000 - 12,000 Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols, Cleveland, 1968, fig.36.
CNY71,000 - 110,000
See a similar bronze ‘lotus pond’ basin, Yuan dynasty, which was sold
at Sotheby’s New York, 19-20 March 2013, lot 308.
十二／十三世紀 銅蓮塘水禽圖棱口折沿大盤
「宗紀楊世傑造」楷書鑄款

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