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A RARE INCISED BRONZE ‘PHOENIX’ BOWL
Tang Dynasty
With deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim,
decorated to the interior with a central medallion
enclosing two long-tailed phoenix with plumage,
each holding a leafy spray in this mouth, surrounded
by five large peony blossoms to the well, fitted box.
18.8cm (7 3/8in) diam. (2).

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY54,000 - 71,000

唐 銅雙鳳銜枝葉紋缽
Provenance: Arthur M. Sackler Collection,
by repute
來源： 據傳為Arthur M. Sackler先生舊藏

For a related silver dish with a design of two fish,
Tang dynasty, see C.Michaelson, Gilded Dragons:
Buried Treasures from China’s Golden Ages,
London, 1999, pp.106-107, no.67.

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201 Y
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL,
FANGDING
Ming/early Qing Dynasty
The rectangular vessel cast with bosses and a band
of archaistic dragons around the exterior, flanges on
the corners and on the sides, set on cylindircal legs,
the everted rim with two upright loop handles, wood
stand, 21cm (8 1/4in) high; the hongmu wood cover
surmounted with a jade finial of egrets and lotus
carved in openwork, with russet inclusions, Yuan
dynasty, 4cm (1 1/2in) high, (3).

£2,500 - 4,000
CNY22,000 - 36,000

明/清初 銅仿古夔龍紋方鼎

Provenance: a German private collection

來源： 德國私人收藏

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