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           A BRONZE ‘SHOULAO AND IMMORTAL’   A BRONZE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ MIRROR   A GILT BRONZE BRUSHREST
           INCENSE BURNER                    STAND AND A BRONZE EQUESTRIAN    Qing Dynasty
           Ming Dynasty and possibly later   GROUP                            Modelled as a gamboling Buddhistic lion
           Holding a gourd flask and ruyi, the God of   Ming Dynasty and later   atop a simulated gnarled branch. 12cm
           Longevity seated side-saddle on a deer, his   The first modelled as a recumbent horned   (4.3/4in) long.
           robes with traces of gilt lacquer, the deer with  qilin, with attached cloud-form saddle and
           spotted gilt-splashes to emulate the dappled   crescent shaped support for a mirror; the   £800 - 1,200
           fur of the animal. 37.5cm (14 3/4in) high (2).  second equestrian group with a separately   HK$7,800 - 12,000
                                             cast seated attached figure. The largest   CNY7,100 - 11,000
           £3,000 - 5,000                    28cm (11in) high. (2).
           HK$29,000 - 49,000
           CNY27,000 - 44,000                £800 - 1,200
                                             HK$7,800 - 12,000
           Provenance                        CNY7,100 - 11,000
           a European private collection, thence by
           descent.




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