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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION The four-character seal mark reading Zhen Gong Yong Bao 珍宮永寶
cast to the base can be read as ‘To be treasured an eternity’.
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A HEAVILY-CAST GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CIRCULAR It is quite unusual to find a gilt-splashed domed box and cover of
BOX AND DOMED COVER this large size (almost 5 inches across). Most recorded gilt-splashed
17th Century, Zhen Gong Yong Bao mark bronzes tend to be open-mouthed vessels, tripod censers, bowls and
The heavily-cast box with gently curving sides and lightly domed cover vases. This may have been used as a paste box for calligraphy and
under a warm copper-brown patina flecked with attractive and random possibly served as a weight as well.
gilt-splashes to both the box and cover, the base with an intaglio four-
character seal mark reading Zhen Gong Yong Bao seal mark cast to
the base.
4 3/4in (12cm) diameter

$4,000 - 6,000

十七世紀 灑金銅圓蓋盒

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