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A PAIR OF BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL
316 VESSELS, JUE
TWO BRONZE WATER DROPPERS AND A Ming Dynasty
SCROLL WEIGHT Each libation cup raised on three splayed
Late Ming Dynasty feet, flanked with a beast mask handle on
The first water dropper formed as a dragon one side, the mouth rim with two knopped
carp, raised on four fins; the second of wine columns; together with a reticulated bronze
pot form, with archaic designs and two joss stick holder.
Buddhist lions; the scroll weight modelled as Each: 11.1cm (4 3/8in) wide (3).
a Buddhist lion playing with a brocade ball. £1,000 - 1,500
The largest: 11cm (4 3/8in) wide (3). CNY9,700 - 15,000
£800 - 1,200 HK$12,000 - 18,000
CNY7,700 - 12,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000 317
THREE SMALL METAL VESSELS
316 17th and 18th century and later
Comprising: a small ewer of archaistic yi form
317 with goat-head handle, decorated with a
132 | BONHAMS central band of flowering prunus branches; a
small thinly-cast copper ‘tree trunk’ vase; and
a small bronze circular incense burner with
bamboo-form rim and loop feet, the base with
a Xuande six-character mark.
The ewer: 9.5cm ( 3 3/4in) long (3).
£700 - 1,000
CNY6,800 - 9,700
HK$8,200 - 12,000