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858 A LARGE BRONZE BASIN
32 SOTHEBY’S SONG / JIN DYNASTY

the deep, slightly rounded sides rising to an everted lipped
rim, the surface unadorned aside from a raised inscription to
the underside of the rim reading guihai nian zhi, the patina in
varying tones of gray and green, wood stand (2)
Diameter 16⅝ in., 42.2 cm
The inscription indicates that the basin was cast in the guihai
(60th) year of the sexagenary cycle, a Chinese calendric
system dating to at least the Shang dynasty (ca. 1600-1046
BC) when it was recorded on oracle bones. The shape of the
basin suggests that it dates to the Song-Jin period, for which
the corresponding gui hai years are 963, 1023, 1083, 1143,
1203, and 1263 AD.

$ 4,000-6,000
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所㔯烉䘠ṍ⸜伖

858

A PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER
VASES
LATE QING DYNASTY

each of compressed, quadrilobed baluster form, well carved
with mirror image gural panels on the front and back and

oral panels on the sides and neck, reserved on an intricate
leafy meander, all raised on a conforming splayed foot, the
interior and base black lacquered (2)
Height 20¾ in., 52.7 cm

PROVENANCE
New England Collection, acquired in 1968.

$ 4,000-6,000
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