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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE MODEL OF A LARGE ARCHAIC STYLE BRONZE AN ISLAMIC MARKET BRONZE VASE
CONJOINED GUARDIAN KINGS BELL AND INCENSE BURNER
Late Qing Dynasty Of rhombus form, cast in relief with sinuous 19th and 20th century
Each figure standing facing outwards, clad chilong, each face with archaic style The vase of bottle form set on a spreading
in helmets and voluminous robes, the faces inscriptions and raised bosses on grounds of foot, the slender flaring neck flanked by
with fierce expressions, set on a lotus leaf mythical beasts, key fret and linear designs. bamboo form handles issuing leafy trailing
form base. 18cm (7.1/8in) high. 60.5cm (23.3/4in) high. stems, four Arabic inscribed cartouches to
the lower body; the incense burner set on
£1,000 - 1,500 £800 - 1,200 three feet, bearing three Arabic inscribed
HK$11,000 - 16,000 HK$8,600 - 13,000 panels, apocryphal Xuande six-character
CNY9,100 - 14,000 CNY7,200 - 11,000 mark. The vase 19cm (7.1/2in) high. (2).
Provenance £1,000 - 1,500
A Scottish Private Collection. HK$11,000 - 16,000
CNY9,100 - 14,000

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