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695
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL, HU
Ming Dynasty
Of compressed oval form, cast with large
taotie masks within confronting dragon
bands, on scrollwork grounds, with central
raised flanges and angular side flanges.
12.5cm (4.7/8in) high.

£800 - 1,200
HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
696

695 A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC RITUAL FOOD
VESSEL, DOU
Probably Ming Dynasty
The globular vessel cast wish stylised taotie
in shallow relief and four archaistic phoenixes
in appliqué at the rim, all held on the
shoulders of four mythical beasts standing
on a flat disc supported by a double-baluster
stem with upright lappets and c-scrolls, all
rising from a domed foot decorated with
chilong in shallow relief, the base with a
flowerhead surrounded by further c-scrolls,
the domed cover with further taotie and
phoenix finial. 25.5cm (9 7/8in) high (2).
£800 - 1,200
HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
Provenance
Desmond Morris collection.

697
696
A GILT COPPER ALLOY ‘CHILONG’
BOTTLE VASE
18th century
With tall slender flaring neck, set on a
spreading foot, decorated with arabesque
shaped panels of peonies and a bird
amongst prunus blossom on an incised floral
ground, the neck and body with an applied
sinuous chilong. 17cm (6.3/4in) high.

£800 - 1,000
HK$7,800 - 9,800
697 CNY7,100 - 8,900
698
A GROUP OF THREE SMALL BRONZES
17th/18th century
Comprising: a small, gilt bronze ‘peach and
bat’ washer; a small tool vase with trailing
lotus; and a sectional bronze of a monkey
clambering a ladder resting on a circular river
beside a standing boy. The tallest: 11.8cm (4
5/8in) high (3).
£800 - 1,200
HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000

698

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