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A BRONZE ‘TAOTIE’ TRIPOD A BRONZE LOBED GARLIC-MOUTH 明末 銅瓜棱長頸蒜頭瓶
INCENSE BURNER, MING DYNASTY VASE, LATE MING DYNASTY
wood stand (2) 來源
wood stand (2) Elena Edwards，倫敦，2004年
Width 6⅞ in., 17.5 cm Height 10½ in., 26.8 cm

PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 23rd March 2006, lot 1715. Elena Edwards, London, 2004.
This flower vessel is elegantly cast with a garlic-
$ 5,000-7,000 shaped mouth, the elongated body attractively
accentuated by delicate ribs, giving the vessel
a strong organic feel. The shape evokes that
明 銅獸面紋朝冠耳三足爐 of Han dynasty garlic-mouth vessels. A closely
related example from the collection of Ulrich
來源 Hausmann was sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
倫敦佳士得2006年3月23日，編號1715 8th October 2014, lot 3348.

$ 4,000-6,000

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A SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID TRIPOD
INCENSE BURNER, QING DYNASTY,
18TH / 19TH CENTURY
Height 5⅝ in., 14.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Paris, 12th June 2008, lot 384
(part lot).
$ 5,000-7,000

清十八 / 十九世紀 銅錯金銀獸面紋
鼎式爐

來源
巴黎蘇富比2008年6月12日，編號384
（其一）

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