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A RARE BRONZE ‘LOTUS AND CHILONG’ YEN
YEN VASE
Incised Xuande two-character mark, Ming dynasty
Rising from a spreading foot to a tall neck with
a trumpet-shaped mouth, finely cast with fully
blossoming lotus issuing from foliate meanders, with
a lappet border separating the flaring neck flanked
by a pair of mythical beast handles, the rim incised
with key-fret.
17.5cm (6 7/8in) high
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$59,000 - 94,000
CNY48,000 - 77,000
明 銅番蓮纏枝紋瑞獸耳鳳尾瓶
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A BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD ‘DRAGON’ VASE
Xuande two-character mark, 17th/18th century
The vase cast with a compressed globular body
rising to a tall neck coiled around with a long
sinuous dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, below
the garlic-head mouth.
42.2cm (16 5/8in) high
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000
CNY29,000 - 48,000
十七/十八世紀 銅蟠螭天球瓶
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