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AN ARCHAIC STYLE BRONZE VASE AND AN INCENSE
BURNER AND COVER
Qing Dynasty
The first of compressed form with taotie masks to each side, the
waisted neck flanked with cast mask ring handles; the second set on
three coiled chilong feet, below bands of ruyi and archaistic dragon
motifs. The largest 16cm (6.1/4in) high. (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$9,800 - 15,000
CNY8,900 - 13,000
681
A BRONZE BOMBÉ INCENSE BURNER
Yongzhi zhibao seal mark, 18th/19th century
The typically compressed, globular form flanked by paired loop
handles and standing on a circular, flared foot, the rounded body with
incised monogram ‘JS’, the exterior surface polished. 15.cm (6in)
wide.

£800 - 1,200
HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000

682
A LARGE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, COVER AND STAND
Dated by inscription 12th year of Guangxu (1887)
The body cast in high relief with sea creatures on a wave pattern
ground, the cover reticulated with the Eight Trigrams, with seated
Buddhist lion finial, the tripod stand in openwork with blossoming
prunus branches, the base with a six-line inscription, which may be
translated as:
‘In the twelfth year of Guangxu, Liang Ding Fen from Pan Yu was
teaching at Feng Hu Academy. In the Autumn, a temple was built for
the purpose of cultural activities and this censer was therefore made
for these ceremonies’. 54cm (21.1/4in) high including stand. (3).

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000

Provenance
From the Collection of Major Geoffrey Frank Jackson (1922-2018).
Major Jackson served in the 3rd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles at Jhikar
gacha Ghat and subsequently for the Chindit Operations in Burma. In
March 1946 he returned to Singapore and was transferred to Malay
682 Command HQ.

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