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Lot 165
A NEPALESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI 20TH CENTURY Standing, his right hand extended in varadamudra and his left holding a flower stem blossoming at the shoulder, wearing a dhoti with folds falling between the legs, adorned in ornate jewellery with a beaded sacred thread, surmounted by a foliate tiara incorporating a small figure of Buddha, the hair in a tall chignon and topped with a knop, 36cm. Provenance: from the collection of John Newall Esq.
Lot 8
A LARGE CHINESE PARCEL-GILT ARCHAISTIC BRONZE DING AND COVER MING DYNASTY Imitating a Shang original, the body cast in three lobes with tall angled handles and raised upon tall tapering cylindrical legs, each lobe cast in high relief with stylised taotie masks and fish motifs on a leiwen ground, the hardwood cover with an elaborate soapstone knop carved with one large and nine small single-horned dragons, 37cm. (2) Cf. M Maucuer, Musée Cernuschi, Bronzes de la Chine Impériale des Song aux Qing, p.78, no.29 for a similar example.
Lot 153
A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY The compressed circular body with loop handles raised on three tall legs, inlaid with silver-wire with key fret to the body, ruyi-heads to the neck and stylised banana leaves to the legs, the base with a two character shi sou mark, 11cm.
Lot 53
A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL VESSELS, FANG HAN DYNASTY 206BC - 220AD The bulbous square-section bodies with short flared necks, each supported on a flared foot and each with a pair of taotie mask handles with loose rings to the sides, the covers with loops and hooks, 37.8cm. (4) Cf. Artifacts in the Nanyue King's Tomb of Western Han Dynasty, National Museum of History, p.105, no. B60 for a similar vessel. Vessels of this type have been excavated from several sites in China as far apart as Guangxi in the south and Hebei in the north.
Lot 10
A CHINESE SILVER-WIRE INLAID BRONZE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY The compressed ovoid body with two lug handles and raised on a short flared foot, inlaid with silver wire depicting archaistic taotie designs, cloud scrolls and key fret above a band of stylised dragons, the base with a six character Xuande mark dividing a two character shi sou mark, with a carved hardwood ruyi stand and cover, the cover with a pale celadon jade finial carved as a fish, 19.8cm. (3) Cf. R S Jenyns & W Watson, Chinese Art, p.92, no.58 where a related incense burner with comparable decoration is illustrated.
Lot 7
A LARGE CHINESE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE YEN YEN VASE 17TH/18TH CENTURY The body cast in two sections, the lower section divided into three lobes and cast with ruyi-head motifs in high relief, the tall flaring neck with two thick rings above the shoulder and two chilong handles towards a broad rim, raised on a tall flared foot with applied studs, the brown patinated surface applied with gold splashes, together with a hardwood stand, 50.5cm. (2) Provenance: an English private collection. Cf. Sydney L. Moss Ltd, The Second Bronze Age, Later Chinese Metalwork, no.64-66 for a slightly smaller related vase. See also Sotheby's London, 11th May 2011, lot 236.
Lot 11
A CHINESE BRONZE RECTANGULAR 'FIVE DRAGON' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 17TH CENTURY The reticulated cover cast in relief with five dragons emerging from scrolling clouds, the flared body with water buffalo heads and small mythical beasts amidst breaking waves, the base with a shaped apron and taotie mask feet, raised on a hardwood stand, the interior cast with two panels of calligraphy, 20.5cm. (3) Cf. The Luís Esteves Fernandes Collection of Asian Art, 22nd May 2013, lot 163 for a related dragon incense burner sold in these rooms.
Lot 12
A CHINESE BRONZE VASE LATE MING DYNASTY The quatrefoil-section body with a broad flared rim, a lizard-like chilong with a forked tail is wrapped around the middle section, the base with a six character Xuande mark, 24cm. Provenance: acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.
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