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8096
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE MOON FLASK, BIANHU
18th century
Rising on a high, canted foot, to a flattened ovoid body to a circular
flaring mouth, the front and reverse with impressed with semi-circular
contours, with suspended ring handles at the shoulder.
4 3/4in (12cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000

十八世紀 青銅雙耳活環抱月扁壺

Provenance
Collection of Yu-Sheng Louise Feng, brought from China, late 1940’s

A similar moon flask is shown in a palace interior in one of the
component paintings of the series Twelve Beauties at Leisure Painted
for Prince Yinzhen, the Future Yongzheng Emperor, dated late Kangxi
period, Palace Museum Beijing, accession number Gu6458, 1-12, as
illustrated in S. Rawski and J. Rawson, China; The Three Emperors,
1662-1795, London, 2006 p.258, no. 173.

8097
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, DING
Ming/early Qing dynasty
Rising on three stout, curved legs, the vessel of globular form, the
main register cast with a simplified leiwen pattern in four panels,
separated by rectangular flanges, the rim with two large, loop handles,
the reticulated wood cover mounted with a celadon jade finial carved
as a lingzhi, together with a conforming wood stand.
8in (20.32cm) high, the bronze only, exclusive of stand and cover
$3,000 - 5,000

明或早清 青銅雷紋三足鼎

Provenance 8098

Collection of Yu-Sheng Louise Feng, brought from China, late 1940’s

Compare a related tripod incense burner also with a jade-mounted
wood cover and wood stand, dated to the 17th/early 18th century,
illustrated by P. K. Hu, Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art
Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collections, Saint Louis, 2008, no. 17.

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

8098
A LARGE BRONZE FOOTWARMER
17th century, Zhang Mingqi mark

Of compressed globular form rising to a short straight neck, the
handle fastened at the sides, surmounted by the reticulated cover
forming pierced hexagonal and floral designs, the slightly recessed
base cast with a four-character seal mark.
11 1/4in (20.8cm) diameter
$3,000 - 4,000

十七世紀 銅暖足爐 《張鳴岐》刻款

8099
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL, GUI
17th/ 18th century
Of Western Zhou style, the spreading foot decorated with a qiequ
band of archaistic beasts confronting on a central flange, all set
against a diaper ground, the foot rising to a bombe body, the central
register adorned with a band of vertical ribs, with a decorative band
just below the mouth repeating the pattern on the foot, interrupted by
two scrolling animal masks which surmount the handles, the vessel
heavily cast, the underside cast with a rhomboid grid pattern, the
surface with a very dark, mottled patina.
8in (19.2cm) wide
$1,000 - 1,500

十七或十八世紀 青銅獸首簋 8099

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