Page 79 - Saturday Sale Asian Art March 18 2017 Sotheby's NYC

1159 1159

A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND
COVER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of compressed globular form supported on three
elephant-head legs and rising to an everted rim,
with cast dragon-handles, sh, and crabs against
a wave-pattern ground with high-relief cray sh
and reeds, bands of keyfret at the shoulder and
above the legs, the cover cast in openwork with
a sinewy dragon weaving in and out of clouds
in pursuit of a ‘ aming pearl’ over waves, wood
stand (3)
Height 17 in., 43.2 cm

$ 6,000-8,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ戭漵椾ᶱ嵛䄷䆸

1160

A LARGE BRONZE ‘FIGURAL’
GROUP
20TH CENTURY

cast in three parts depicting Guan Yu mounted
on his steed, Guan Ping his adopted son holding
a wrapped parcel behind him, and Zhou Cang
holding the reins, all raised on a base of scrolled
clouds (3)
Height 28¼ in., 71.76 cm

$ 8,000-12,000

Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ戭斄℔忋斄⸛␐ᾱ⁷

1160 77
SATURDAY AT SOTHEBY'S: ASIAN ART