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PROPERTY FROM A LOS ANGELES/PARIS COLLECTION

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A PAIR OF BRONZE DAOIST FIGURES
Ming dynasty
The first depicting a standing figure with domed hat, with one hand
raised with the other holding a plectrum, his body draped with a
robe and a high-waisted belt; the second wearing a court hat with
one arm raised holding a spear, the other lowered hand clutching
an ingot, his body covered with a short robe, both raised atop
square bases with shaped aprons.
11 and 12in (28 and 30.5cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

明 銅道士立像一對

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN M. KAUFFMANN,
YARMOUTH, MAINE

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHENWU
Ming dynasty

The deity cast in a seated position, wearing flowing robes over armor
visible at the chest and knee, and with long flowing hair, the bronze
with a slight reddish patina.
7in (17.8cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

明 銅真武坐像

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

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A BRONZE DEER-FORM WATER DROPPER
17th century

The recumbent animal elegantly cast with attenuated legs and
neck as it turns its head backward while holding a leafy branch, the
water emptying through a hole in the right ear and the back of the
neck perforated with a larger hole cast into the lower neck for filling
with water.
3 5/8in (9.2cm) high
$1,200 - 2,000

十七世紀 銅鹿形水滴

The recumbent, backward-looking pose of this little deer reflects
an earlier prototype in mirror stands of larger size with a recumbent
unicorn or xiniu: see the gilt bronze example in the Victoria & Albert
Museum, dated to the Song or Yuan dynasty (960-1368) by Rose Kerr
in Later Chinese Bronzes, 1990, fig.87, pp. 100-103; and a xiniu with
black patina in the Musée Cernuschi, dated as 16th-17th century by
Michel Maucuer in Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing,
2013, no. 58, p. 113.

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