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A MINIATURE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND
309 COVER, DOU
Qing Dynasty
310 Modelled after a Spring and Autumn period
126 | BONHAMS ritual vessel, with inlaid scrolling motifs taotie
masks, with loop handles at the rim and lid, all
raised on three cabriole legs.
5.5cm (2 1/4in) high (2).

£1,500 - 1,800
CNY14,000 - 17,000
HK$16,000 - 20,000

For a comparable set of miniature vessels
of archaistic form in the Cernuschi Museum
collection see M. Maucuer, Bronzes de la
Chine imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris
2013, p. 102, no. 54.

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A MINIATURE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC
POURING VESSEL, GUANG
18th century
The vessel formed after a Western Zhou
original with typical inlaid scrolling motifs and
taotie masks, flanked with a loop handle and
short flanges, raised on a short foot rim, with
artificial red and green encrusted patination.
6cm (2 3/8in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

For a comparable set of miniature vessels
of archaistic form in the Cernuschi Museum
collection see M. Maucuer, Bronzes de la
Chine imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris
2013, p. 102, no. 54.

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A MINIATURE SILVER WIRE-INLAID
BRONZE VASE, ZUN
17th/18th century
Decorated with archaistic scroll motifs
beneath foliate lappets to the neck.
5cm (2in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000