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TWO BRONZE VASES
18th/19th century
The first cast to each side with a cartouche
bearing an Arabic inscription; the second of
compressed form with tall cylindrical neck,
inlaid in silver wire with ruyi and cloud motifs.
The tallest 16cm (6 3/8in) high (2).
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000

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A BRONZE ‘ELEPHANT’ VASE, A
BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
AND A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD
INCENSE BURNER
16th/17th century to 19th century
The first bottle vase cast with bejewelled
swag motifs, flanked with small elephant
head handles, raised on a further three
elephant head-form feet; the vessel modelled
after an archaic ritual bronze, ding, and
with ruyi-head and key-fret decoration at
the border; the enamelled vessel with three
lobed feet, with a flower head meander to the
exterior. The largest: 20cm (7 7/8in) high (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000
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THREE SMALL BRONZE VESSELS
17th/18th century
Comprising: a tool vase decorated with a
scholar and boy attendant amongst bamboo,
pine and rockwork; a bottle vase with playful
Buddhist lions; and a miniature incense
burner, apocryphal Xuande six-character
mark. The largest 11.5cm (4.1/2in) high. (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000

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