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A MINATURE BRONZE GARLIC HEAD 'DOUBLE CHILONG' VASE.
Ming Dynasty, 16th to 17th Century.
The pear-shaped bottle-form vase with waisted neck, the faceted and lobed 'garlic-head' below a waisted mouth with straight everted lip, all on a cylindrical foot, the neck and body encircled by two coiled chilong.
12.5cm H.
281g.
£300-500
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TWO MINIATURE BRONZE VASES.
Qing Dynasty.
One of compressed pear-shaped form, with twin handles, the body inlaid in silver, the other modelled as a fish standing on its tail with mouth open. (2)
13cm H; 8.5cm.
367g; 250g.
£500-800
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A HEXAGONAL BRONZE VASE.
Yuan to Ming Dynasty.
Of hexagonal form, the pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, the sides divided into diapered panels by vertical and horizontal ridges, the handles formed as ruyi-shaped cloud swirls.
20cm H.
449g.
£300-500
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A BRONZE QUATRILOBED VASE.
Ming Dynasty, or later.
Of quatrefoil form, the rounded body supported by a spreading foot to an everted rim, decorated with taotie marks below lotus lappets, the sides set with tubular lug handles flanking the neck, liner. (2)
22.2cm H.
1.75kg.
£400-600
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A BRONZE VASE, FANGHU.
Yuan to Ming Dynasty.
The pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot, with a stepped shoulder and high waisted neck and flared mouth rim, the neck with two registers, the first with taotie masks and the second with linked-coins, and set on either sides with twin handles emerging from mythical animal masks, the foot set on each side with a patterned panel.
22cm H.
602g.
£300-500
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A BRONZE VASE, FANGHU
Qing Dynasty, or later.
The pearl shaped body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared mouth rim, twin animal head mask handles suspending rims, with pendent cicada blades below.
16.5cm
429g.
£300-500
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A BRONZE CANDLESTICK.
17th to 18th Century.
Supported on tripod S-shaped feet with bifurcated ends, emerging from mythical beast masks, rising to a knopped shaft supporting a dish tray.
19cm H.
731g.
£300-500
For a similar candlestick see Michael Goedhuis, 1989, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes: AD 1100-1900, cat no 54.
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A BRONZE CANDLESTICK.
Ming Dynasty.
Supported on tripod elephant head feet, supporting a slender pierced sectional shaft, supporting a dish tray.
31cm H.
650g.
£500-800
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A GILT BRONZE INCENSE BURNER STAND.
Qing Dynasty.
Formed as a mallow flower with overlapping petals, supported on three ruyi head feet.
4.5cm H, 20cm diameter.
900g.
£100-200
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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 'GUANYIN AND LION GROUP' INCENSE BURNER.
17th Century.
The figure seated holding a scroll, dressed in long flowing robes open at the chest, a curved hole in her back designed for the release of smoke, seated on a separately cast rocky base, with a small lion clambering up beside her. (2)
19cm H.
1.392kg.
£800-1,200
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A BRONZE 'LAOZI' WATER DROPPER.
Ming Dynasty.
The figure seated in long flowing robes, carving a scroll and supported by a buffalo, with legs tucked in beneath and the head slightly raised forming the spout.
11cm H
467g.
£300-500
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A BRONZE BRAZIER.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Of cylindrical form, supported on tripod conical feet, below a leiwen band, a similar band to the rim, below three pierced trigrams below the rim, the body set with a lion head mask with pierced open mouth, opposite an inscription reading guiyou chun zao zhi, shao zhi hua shuwu (date cylindrical to the spring of giuyou, for the Shao Zhi Hua salon). (2)
21.5cm H, 14.5cm diameter.
3.05kg.
£400-600
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A BRONZE KETTLE AND COVER.
17th Century.
With a compressed globular body, the shoulder flanked by a wide slightly tapering cylindrical spout the cover with a crenelated rim, hinged overhead handle. (2)
15.5cm H.
2.266g.
£400-600
Examples of surviving Chinese bronze kettles appear to be extremely rare, however, an example with similar handle and spout may be found in the painting by Chou Ying (1494-1552) entitled Song Xi Lu Hua Tu, currently in the collection of the Jilin Provincial Museum [detail below].
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A BRONZE EWER.
Ming Dynasty, Jiajing Dynasty.
The pear-shaped body rising from a tall spreading foot to a narrow waisted neck and straight rim, the spout and handles with nodular bands in simulation of bamboo stem, the body cast with two tear-shaped panels enclosing a shou and fu character, above a linked-coins band, there is a lappet band above the foot, and a band of pierced four petaled flower heads to the foot.
27cm H.
976g.
£1,000-2,000
The ewer may be dated from related examples in ceramics. For a longquan celadon vase with a body of similar form, also decorated with a fu and shou character see Longquan Celadons-the Sichuan Museum Collection, Macau, 1998, pp 170-1 and also Chinese Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, p 255, no 240. For a closely related bronze ewer see Michael Goedhuis, Shimizu Oriental Art Ltd, The Gilding of the Lily: An Exhibition of the Divine Vessels of Japanese Flower Arranging, 1986, cat no 17.
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A BRONZE WINE EWER AND COVER.
17th to 18th Century.
Of rectangular form, with the pear-shaped body rising from a high everted foot to a slender waisted neck, the spout emerging from a dragon's mouth and the tubular handle fixed to the neck with a dragon ornament, the neck decorated with bats above a trailing ribbon and the body with a medallion enclosing figures. (2)
25cm H.
550g.
£500-800
The present ewer relates closely to examples in precious metals including a Ming silver ewer published in Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1953, cat no 151[below].
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A BRONZE 'BATS' HAT STAND.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Formed as a pierced domed bat, naturalistically modelled seated on a bed of clouds and connected to the base by an arching pillar of rectangular section, the base decorated with four bats encircling a central roundel with geometric patterns.
31cm H.
1.65kg.
£600-800
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A BRONZE 'DRAGON' INCENSE-STICK HOLDER.
17th Century.
Of cylindrical form with a lipped rim and foot, with raised bands separating the pierced body depicting a continuous scene of dragons among swirling clouds, from a leiwen band above and a band of frothing waves below.
12cm H, 8cm diameter.
536g.
£1,000-2,000
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A BRONZE INCENSE-STICK HOLDER.
Ming Dynasty.
Of quadrilobed section with an everted rim, comprising four pierced panels each depicting a scholar engaged in a leisurely pursuit, incised Shu Guoying zao mark to base.
15.5cm, 11cm diameter.
1.270kg.
£1,500-2,000
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A BRONZE VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
Of compressed pear-shaped form, with a waisted neck and slightly flaring rim, the shoulders flanked by a pair of lion head handles, the exterior of the vessel divided into five registers by four bands, each register decorated, the largest with a pattern of swirling waves, the foot encircled by a band of taotie masks.
17.5cm H.
945g.
£1,500-2,000
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A LARGE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER.
17th to 18th Century.
Of compressed globular form, supported on low conical tripod feet and rising to an everted rim, the sides flanked by a pair of protruding lion-head handles, the base with a three-character Qin Shu Lu mark (companion of the qin and the book).
8cm H, 24cm diameter.
4.35kg.
£6,000-8,000
Qin Shu Lu is an alias of the offical Wu Bangzuo, responsible for oversight of bronze censer production during the Xuande period. His apocryphal mark was used in later periods as a tribute to his work and to associate with his literati credentials.
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A BRONZE JUE.
Ming Dynasty.
The cylindrical body rising to a trumpet neck, the mouth surmounted by a pair of capped posts, supported on three tall slightly splayed feet, set to one side with a loop handle issuing from an animal head, the exterior cast with taotie masks below a band of lappets.
27cm H.
1.66kg.
£1,500-2,000
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A SILVER-INLAID TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Standing on splayed feet with a raised band inlaid in silver with lotus scroll to the body, with exterior of the rim and loop handles inlaid with leiwen bands.
13.5cm H.
930g.
£600-800
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A TRIPOD BRONZE INCENSE BURNER.
Qing Dynasty.
Of archaistic liding form, the globular body supported on three short tapering feet, the slightly flared mouth-rim surmounted by a pair of arched handles, the base cast with a recessed rectangular panel enclosing a
nine-character inscription reading Da Ming Xuande wunian Bangzuo zhi mark.
9.5cm H, 12.5cm diameter.
1.1kg.
£250-300
The present lot falls within a group of late Ming and Qing censers with apocryphal inscriptions referencing Wu Bangzuo, the Minister of the Ministry of Works in the 5th year of Xuande, equivalent to 1430.
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A BRONZE 'EIGHT BUDDHIST EMBLEMS' INCENSE BURNER.
17th Century.
The cylindrical body supported on short cylindrical feet, rising to an everted galleried rim, the body set with eight Buddhist emblems against a diaper ground, six character Xuande mark to base.
9.5cm H, 13.3cm diameter.
715g.
£3,000-5,000
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER.
Ming Dynasty.
Of circular form, the flared cylindrical body supported on tripod short cabriole legs, and set with twin lion head hands, the body decorated with lotus scroll on a turquoise ground above a lappet band, double vajra to base.
9.5cm H, 15.5cm diameter.
600g.
£3,000-5,000
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER, AND COVER.
The rounded body with a foliate galleried rim, decorated with lotus scroll on a turquoise ground, supported on tripod elephant head form feet, the cover stepped in three sections with pierced panels and surmounted by a Buddhist lion dog. (2)
17cm H, 16cm diameter.
850kg.
£200-300
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A JADE INCENSE BURNER, AND COVER.
Wood stand. (3)
16cm H.
£100-200
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A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER.
17th Century.
The compressed globular body rising on three short waisted legs to a waisted neck and everted galleried rim, the rim set with rectangular panel six character Xuande mark, the base cast with a coiled dragon forming a medallion in relief.
8cm H, 15.5cm diameter.
866g.
£200-300
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TWO BRONZE 'DRAGONS' CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS.
19th to 20th Century.
The domed cover of each decorated in relief with a forward-facing dragon coiled around a flaming pearl, among flames and waves, the sides of box and cover both with a band of two pairs of confronting dragons, six character Qianlong mark to base. (4)
6.5cm diameter.
2.35kg.
£200-300
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A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE INCENSE BURNER.
19th to 20th Century, signed Shisou.
Supported on conical tripod feet rising to an waisted neck and everted galleried rim set with elephant head handles suspending rings, silver-inlaid details to the body, and two character Shisou mark to the base.
9.5cm H, 10cm diameter.
850kg.
£100-200
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A TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER.
Qing Dynasty, or later.
Of circular form, the flared cylindrical body supported on tripod short cabriole legs, set with a pair of stylised angular handles, two character Xuande mark to base.
8cm H, 11cm diameter.
529g.
£200-300
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A BRONZE 'ELEPHANT AND LION' INCENSE BURNER.
Qing Dynasty.
The globular body raised on short conical tripod feet, with thick loop handles set to the rim, and separating a Buddhist lion dog with ribboned ball and elephant modelled in high relief to the shoulders, three character Song Yue Lu mark to base (companion of pine and moon).
14cm H, 11cm diameter.
3.05kg.
£300-500
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A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Finely cast with a compressed globular body rising to a waisted neck, supported on a spreading foot, the sides set with two lion-head handles cast in high relief, the base with a six character Xuande mark.
16.2cm diameter.
1.46kg.
£1,000-2,000
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A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, LIDING, AND STAND.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Of archaistic liding form, the compressed globular body supported on conical tripod feet with loop handles to the rim and six character Xuande marks to the base, set on a stand in the form of a stylised mallow flower resting on tripod low spreading feet. (2)
7cm H, 12.5cm diameter; the stand 13cm diameter.
1kg; 700g.
£600-800
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