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A GILT-BRONZE ‘LOTUS’ BEEHIVE-FORM WATER POT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The domed vessel is elaborately decorated with two bands of meandering lotus scrolls,
encircling a band of ruyi heads around the mouth rim. The base has an apocryphal six
character Xuande mark to the centre, with a smaller incised mark to the edge of the foot
rim reading Qianzi shierhao (Qian character, number twelve).
3º in. (8.3 cm.) diam.
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000

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