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AN INSCRIBED BRONZE
ARCHAISTIC BELL FORM PLAQUE
REPUBLIC PERIOD, DATED 1925
cast to the front with archaistic dragons forming a
mask, below rows of projecting bosses, centered
by a rectangular cartouche enclosing a dedicatory
inscription, wood stand (2)
Height 9⅛ in., 23.2 cm
$ 1,500-2,000
㮹⚳1925⸜ġġġ戭ầ⎌揀⼊㒢ẞ
所㔯烉ᶨ⋫ḅ䘦Ḵ⋩Ḽ⸜ℕ㚰ġ㇜⽟⫼⃰䓇
よ⬀ġᷕ厗㮹⚳ġ㜄ṩ滳ġ⏛㛷㛹ġ㔔岰
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF HENRIETTE
AND PAUL G. ECKER
A PAIR OF MANDARIN DUCK FORM
BRONZE CENSERS AND COVERS
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
cast in mirror image, each posed in pro le,
with neatly delineated plumage adorned with
curled leaf lotus, the well-de ned head with alert
features and turned, beak agape to emit smoke,
one leg raised, the other perched atop a convex
lotus leaf-form base, the back with an aperture
and tted lotus-form cover, a warm russet patina
with traces of lacquer (4)
Height 11½ in., 29.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Frank Caro, New York prior to 1986.
$ 7,000-9,000
㖶⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ġġġ戭泃泎䄷䆸ᶨ⮵
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