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520
A RARE STONE HEAD OF AN OFFICIAL
Ming Dynasty
Deftly carved wearing an official’s cap, the
eyes narrowed beneath arched brows, with
elegantly-carved nose above a gently-smiling
mouth, full cheeks between long ears, stand.
29cm (11 3/8in) high. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明 石雕官員頭像

521
A RARE BRONZE HEXAGONAL
BALUSTER VASE
Yuan/Ming Dynasty
Of elegant baluster form with large spreading
foot rising to a waisted neck and flaring
mouth, applied with a pair of writhing chilong
handles on the shoulders, with a dark-brown
patina. 27cm (10 1/4in) high.

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

元/明 銅雙螭耳六方瓶

522
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE
Yuan/Ming Dynasty
The rounded body set on a gently-spreading
foot and rising to a cylindrical neck with a
broad recessed band of leiwen decoration,
flaring outwards to a galleried rim, the sides
set with a large pair of dragon-mask-ring
handles. 29cm (11 3/8in) high.

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

元/明 銅雙獸耳瓶

See a related example illustrated in Ancient
Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo,
1989, no.448; see also M.Goedhuis, Chinese
and Japanese Bronzes A.D. 1100–1900,
London, 1989, no.43.

See a similar bronze vase, Yuan/Ming dynasty,
which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of
520 Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3302

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