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A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL, JUE
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
The deep U-shaped body supported on three legs,
cast with a band enclosing archaistic scrolls forming a
confronted pair of stylised phoenix, raising to a broad
flaring mouth flanked by a pair of upright posts.
17.2cm (6 3/4in) high
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000
清乾隆 銅仿古夔鳳紋爵
「大清乾隆年製」篆書鑄款

A similar bronze jue in the collection of the Victoria
and Albert Museum is illustrated by R.Kerr, Later
Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, pl.19.

Compare also with a very similar bronze vessel
which was sold at Christie’s New York,
19-20 September 2013, lot 1545.

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