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A MINIATURE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE
464 BURNER
Song Yue two-character mark
465 The globular body raised on three small
466 pointed feet, the rolled mouth rim flanked with
200 | BONHAMS loop handles. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000

464
TWO MINIATURE BRONZE VESSELS
Qing Dynasty
The first cast as a square incense burner
raised on four cabriole legs, with silver-wire
inlay; the second formed as a stem cup,
flanked with mythical-beast mask handles, the
base with an impressed two-character mark,
宗源 zong yuan. The largest: 7cm (2 3/4in)
high (2).

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000

465
A SILVER WIRE-INLAID BRONZE VASE,
HU
Qing Dynasty
Modelled after a Han-dynasty type, the
globular body with bands of taotie masks and
archaistic scrolls, the shoulders flanked with
beast mask handles suspending loose rings,
raised on a short foot rim. 15.5cm (6 1/8in)
high

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000

466
A SILVER WIRE-INLAID INCENSE
BURNER
Shisou two-character mark, Qing Dynasty
The bombé-form burner raised on a short
foot, flanked with loop handles with stylised
beast masks, the body with taotie masks with
archaistic scrolling motifs.
14cm (5 1/2in) wide

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000