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202 *

A LARGE BRONZE SILVER-INLAID
‘GOOSE-SHAPED’ POURING VESSEL
Ming Dynasty
The elegantly curved neck supporting its slightly tilted
head with large round eyes and a long cylindrical
beak, the body applied with bands of floral and
stylised dragon scrolls, the sides with a pair of
feathery wings finely inlaid with silver, supporting a
flaring vase on its back, carved wood stand.
40cm (15 3/4in) long. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

明 銅仿古雁形尊
Provenance: Stoclet Collection, Belgium, by repute
來源： 據傳為比利時Stoclet舊藏

The present lot is based on an archaic Zhou
dynasty goose-shaped pouring vessel, an example
of which is illustrated in the Bo gu tu lu, compiled
around 1123. A Ming dynasty edition from 1588
is in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
and illustrated by R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes,
London, 1990, p.16.

Another similar silver-inlaid bronze goose-shaped
vessel which belonged to Prince Gong was sold at
the American Art Association, New York, 1913, lot 202
300, illustrated in the catalogue The Remarkable
Collection of the Imperial Prince Kung of China.

203 *

A RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE
INCENSE BURNER
Ming Dynasty
With a deep globular body rising to a constricted
neck and an everted mouth, the shoulder flanked
by two loop handles, the body decorated with four
confronted kui dragons amidst ‘c’ scrolls, above a
skirt of triangular lappets set with pendent cicadas,
the legs each with a taotie mask, the bronze with a
reddish-brown patina.
17cm (6 3/4in) wide.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000

明 銅嵌金銀仿古夔龍紋三足爐

Provenance: acquired from Andrew Stuart-
Robertson Oriental and Fine Arts, Paddington,
New South Wales, on 14 November 1998
The Reid Collection

來源： 於1998年11月14日購自新南威爾斯帕丁頓
古董商Andrew Stuart-Robertson Oriental and Fine
Arts Reid 收藏 203

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