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A BRONZE TOOL VASE AND TWO FIGURAL BRONZE SCROLL A BRONZE ‘MUSICIAN’ SCROLL WEIGHT
WEIGHTS 17th/18th century
17th century Cast as a seated boy wearing brocaded robes, his hair bunched up
The small lantern-shaped vase cast with Precious Objects and at either side of his head, playing a flute.
musical instruments; the first weight formed as a recumbent court 5cm (2in) high
lady holding a fly whisk; the second weight with two heads and two
bodies forming four separate boys, a visual pun for the ‘Four Fold £800 - 1,200
Happiness’. The largest: 8.5cm (3 1/4in) high (3). HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 16,000 725
CNY8,800 - 13,000 AN IRON ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ WATER POT AND INTEGRAL
INCENSE HOLDER
723 17th century
A SMALL BRONZE TOOL VASE AND A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC The vessel cast with a flanking amphora and recumbent mythical
WATER POT beast, raised on four feet and with a four-character mark to the base.
Late Ming Dynasty 8cm (3 1/8in) wide
The first of baluster form, cast to the exterior with peony flowers in
low relief, flanked with beast mask handles; the second water pot £600 - 800
modelled after an ancient ritual vessel with taotie masks, flanges and HK$6,200 - 8,300
tripod legs. The largest: 10cm (4in) high (2). CNY5,300 - 7,100
£800 - 1,000 Compare with a bronze incense holder, dated 17th century, sold at
HK$8,300 - 10,000 Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2017, lot 629.
CNY7,100 - 8,800

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