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A PAIR OF INCISED BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHTS A SHORT SWORD AND SCABBARD
Cyclically dated dingwei year, corresponding to 1847 19th century
The flat weights forming a quatre-lobed plaque when placed With a gilt-bronze hilt and handle, together with a fish-skin scabbard.
together, finely carved with a large shou character and a pine tree 68cm (26 3/4in) long (2).
arcing across the face of a cliff, with five lines of inscription.
Each: 15cm (5 7/8in) long (2). £800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
£700 - 1,000 CNY7,200 - 11,000
HK$7,100 - 10,000
CNY6,300 - 9,000 835
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, GUI
The inscriptions on the weights may be translated as: 18th century
賀鑽祥 老人 he zuan xiang, ‘Old man He Dianxiang’ The compressed globular body raised on three cabriole animal-
花甲壽祥 huajia shou xiang, ‘...’ mask legs, cast with concentric convex vertical ribs and a band of
寿比南山不老松 shou bi nanshan bu laosong, ‘May you be as long- stylised kui dragons between key-fret designs, set to each side with
lived as a pine from Mount Zhongnan’ C-shaped handles issuing from makara heads suspending a pendant
丁未春仲愷敬獻 ding wei chun zhongkai jingxian, ‘Cheerfully and tab, the domed cover similarly cast with a large recessed knop finial.
respectfully presented on the second month of the spring of the ding 41.5cm (16 3/8in) wide. (2).
wei year’
£1,200 - 1,500
HK$12,000 - 15,000
CNY11,000 - 13,000
Provenance
A European private collection

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