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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
9218
A GILT BRONZE SEAL WITH LION DOG FINIAL
Ming Dynasty
The square seal surmounted by the mythical beast holding its mouth
agape and its left paw atop a ball, cast on the underside with four
characters in seal script to read possibly Qian Yingming Yin.
2 1/2in (6.5cm) high
US$1,500 - 2,000
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
9219
A CAST BRONZE TSA TSA MOLD
Designed to impress small clay amulets for Vajrayana Buddhist
practitioners, the small but solidly cast object of ogival shape bearing A CAST BRONZE ARCHAISTIC WINE VESSEL, JUE
a six-character Qianlong mark to the underside and supporting a
fitted and handled lid centered by an inscription reading zhou yi;
the interior surfaces cast in relief to produce impressed images of
a multi-armed Buddhist deity reversed by an inscription in Manchu,
Mongol, Chinese, and Tibetan identifying the deity as the Vairocana
Buddha and bearing an additional Qianlong mark.
4in (10cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
purchased from Bonhams, San Francisco, sale 22511, 11 December
2015, lot 2333
9220
A ZHOU STYLE ARCHIASTIC BRONZE HU
Qing dynasty
The pear-shaped body cast in high relief with two wave bands, each
incorporating stylized taotie masks facing upwards or downwards, a
further wave band on the neck interrupted by a pair of animal mask
loop handles suspending ribbed ring handles, the whole raised on a
spreading foot encircled by a band of S-form dragons the surfaces
encrusted with artificial green and brown patina.
10 3/4in (27.2cm) high
US$500 - 700
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9221
TWO ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSELS, DING
Han dynasty
Each of similar form with a pair of curving strap handles attached
to the compressed globular body encircled with a raised horizontal
string band and raised on three waisted feet: the surfaces of the
larger vessel covered with extensive burial soil; the smaller vessel
showing extensive green patina similar to its domed cover with three
attached ring feet that also serve as finials (cover and vessel possibly
associated but of similar date).
8 3/4 and 7 5/8in (22 and 19.5cm) length across handles
US$1,500 - 2,500
PROPERTY FROM A NOBLE FAMILY
9222
Late Qing/Republic period
The deep U-shaped body of circular section raised on three faceted
legs and topped with a pair of posts flanking a long channeled spout
and terminating in a pointed rim at the opposite end of the mouth,
the exterior walls displaying leaf shaped reserves above a taotie
mask band separated by projecting flanges and a loop handle, the
patches of simulated patina on the dark brown ground contining on
the interior.
7 1/2in (19cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
9223
A PATINATED METAL ARCHAISTIC CENSER, FANG DING
Late Qing/Republic period
Of rectangular form with loop handles rising on the short sides of the
rim, cast with taotie mask panels separated by flanges at the center
of each wall and corner, the flat base raised on for tall conical legs
and one interior wall cast with an inscription in archaic characters,
the whole covered with a thick black lacquer patina (corrosion, wear
to patina); with fitted wood cover (repaired).
14 5/8in (37cm) high
(10 1/4in (26cm) long
US$1,000 - 1,500