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        TWO GILT-BRONZE ‘ZODIAC’ FIGURES                    A ‘BOY AND DEER’ JOSS STICK HOLDER
        Variously modelled as an ox and horse, each modelled with animal   Late Ming Dynasty
        heads and human bodies, standing upon rockwork bases.   The body seated astride a caparisoned deer and holding a scroll with
        The largest: 18.5cm (7.1/4in) high (2).             both hands before his torso, all raised on a stepped, rectangular plinth,
                                                            the bronze patinated to a rich, dark brown tone.
        £500 - 700                                          24cm (9 1/2in) high
        CNY4,400 - 6,200
        HK$5,500 - 7,700                                    £800 - 1,200
                                                            CNY7,100 - 11,000
        286                                                 HK$8,800 - 13,000
        A POLYCHROME BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANDI
        Xuande six-character mark, 19th/20th century        288
        The God of War depicted seated in a dynamic pose, with one hand   THREE BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHTS AND A BRONZE MODEL OF
        stroking his long beard, the other hand gesturing, wearing battle   A SCHOLAR
        armour and a scholars cap. 39cm (15 1/4in) high     Ming Dynasty
                                                            Comprising: two recumbent beast weights; a flower-form weight
        £600 - 1,000                                        surmounted by a turtle finial; and a model of a seated scholar
        CNY5,300 - 8,800                                    examining a scroll.
        HK$6,600 - 11,000                                   The figure 9cm (3.1/2in) high. (4).
                                                            £1,500 - 2,000
                                                            CNY13,000 - 18,000
                                                            HK$16,000 - 22,000


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