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TWO CAST BRONZE BRAZIERS Provenance:
Han Dynasty The second with label: Michael Goedhuis F3272
Both of rectangular form cast with openwork grates, the first cast with
four human figures supporting the upper oval gallery cast in openwork 來源：
with 'Animals of the Four Directions', a dragon, tortoise, phoenix and 第二件溫酒爐帶 Michael Goedhuis 標籤，號 F3272
tiger; the second cast with a two crescent-shaped galleries cast with
an openwork pattern of spirals and tridents, and supported by four Compare the similar bronze brazier with 'Animal of the Four Directions'
cabriole legs, set in to a rectangular tray, together with two associated openwork, unearthed in 1983 at Jiancaoping, Taiyuan, Shanxi
later earcups. (4) province, now in the collection of the Shanxi Provincial Museum,
3 3/4in (9.6cm) high, 9in (22.9cm) across; illustrated in Compendium of Chinese Bronze, Vol.12, Qin and Han,
5in (12.8cm) high, 7 1/2in (18.1cm) across Dongguan, 1998, p. 80, no. 78, described as late Western Han.
$3,000 - 5,000 For a closely related example of the first brazier see Christie's New
York, sale 2580, 14 September 2012, lot 1252.
漢 青銅溫酒銅爐兩件 暨 後配銅耳杯
The square form of the second brazier and the openwork decoration is
unusual and may be a regional example.

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