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Lots 211 - 212
211
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST LION
17th century
Cast with a bushy tail seated on its hindquarters with forelegs firmly
placed in front, with a ferocious expression detailed with bulging eyes,
the jaw opened to reveal its tongue and fangs, its head slightly turned
to the right and covered by furry manes to the shoulder.
9.8cm (3 7/8in) wide

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
十七世紀 銅鎏金太獅鎮紙
Provenance: an Asian private collection

來源： 亞洲私人收藏
212
A BRONZE ‘BIXIE’ WATERPOT
Ming Dynasty
The recumbent mythical beast with domed back hollowed with an
aperture, its flat head turned slightly up with small eyes framed by heavy
brows and long ears, the body incised with curviliniear designs.
211 10cm (4in) long.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000

明 銅辟邪水盂
Provenance: an Asian private collection

來源： 亞洲私人收藏

A similar waterpot is illustrated in Scholar’s Desk Materials from the
Libraries of the Daimyo: Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum,
Nagoya, p.160, no.123.

Compare with a similar ‘bixie’ waterpot, Ming dynasty, which was sold
at Christie’s New York, 17 March 2016, lot 1156.

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213
A PARCEL GILT-BRONZE QILIN INCENSE BURNER
17th century
Finely cast in the form of a bulbous beast sturdily standing four-square
on a long snake, its head forming the hinged cover depicted with
protruding eyes, curled bushy eyebrows, a broad nose with flaring
nostrils, and an open mouth revealing its tongue and sharp fangs,
surmounted by a single horn flanked by two pointed ears.
33.4cm (13 1/4in) high.
£4,000 - 5,000
CNY36,000 - 45,000
十七世紀 局部鎏金銅麒麟形薰爐

212 Provenance: a French private collection

來源： 法國私人收藏

A very similar bronze qilin incense burner, 17th century, is illustrated
in The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991,
no.19.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
200 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.