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A BRONZE ‘OX’ WATER DROPPER
Song/Ming Dynasty
Cast as a recumbent ox with a hump above its
neck, its head slightly lifted to form the spout,
the legs neatly folded and tucked underneath
the rounded body.
8.5cm (3 3/8in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
宋/明 銅製瑞獸水丞

Provenance: John J. Studzinski CBE, London

Published and Illustrated: Michael Goedhuis,
Chinese and Japanese Bronzes AD. 1100-1900,
London, 1989, pl.35.
來源：大英帝國司令勳章受勳者
John J. Studzinski珍藏

出版著錄：英國倫敦，Michael Goedhuis，
《Chinese and Japanese Bronzes AD. 1100-
1900》，1989年，編號35

Naturalistic, beautifully worked reclining animal
water-droppers with smooth, tactile surfaces are
generally considered to be in Song dynasty style.
Compare with a related bronze waterdropper of
a reclining buffalo, Song/Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th
century, illustrated in The Second Bronze Age:
Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.24.
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A BRONZE ‘MALLET-SHAPED’ VASE
17th century
Of slim cylindrical form, the baluster body raised
on a short slightly tapered foot, all beneath a long
neck rising to a cupped mouth, the neck flanked
by a pair of long loop handles.
37cm (14 3/5in) high.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000

十七世紀 銅雙耳紙槌瓶

Provenance: John J. Studzinski CBE, London

來源：大英帝國司令勳章受勳者
John J. Studzinski珍藏

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