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4 A bronze ding and cover of almost spherical form

Warring States period
Width across the handles: 9 1/4”, 23.6 cm

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A fine gilt-bronze weight in the form of a curling chimera (bixie) on a low circular base

Western Han dynasty
Diameter: 2 3/4”, 7 cm

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6 A pair of fine gilt-bronze supports in the form of bears

Han dynasty
Height: 1 3/4”, 4.5 cm

7 A pair of fine gilt-bronze belt plaques

Ordos, 3rd-2nd centuries B.C.
Length: 4”, 10.1 cm and 4 1/8”, 10.4 cm

8 A fine and unusually large bronze mirror

Sui or Tang dynasty
Diameter: 9 1/2”, 24.2 cm

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9 A rare small silvered-bronze vessel of depressed globular form, supported on a flat foot

Tang dynasty
Height: 2 1/8”, 5.4 cm

10 A rare silvered-bronze reliquary and cover

Tang dynasty
Height: 6 3/8”, 16.2 cm

11 An unusual silvered-bronze jar and cover

Tang dynasty
Height: 6 3/4”, 17.1 cm

12 A pair of rare bronze figures of foreigners

Ming dynasty
Height: 8 5/8”, 22 cm

13 An unusual bronze figure of Guanyin, seated in the posture of royal ease, rajalilasana, with her left arm held straight to support her body and her right resting on her raised right knee

Song dynasty
Height: 5 3/4” 14.6 cm

14 An unusual, well-cast bronze figure of Puxian (Samantabhadra) seated in the posture of relaxation

Ming dynasty
Height: 14 3/4”, 37.5 cm

15 An unusual bronze ding and cover standing on three tall cabriole legs

Ming dynasty
Maximum height: 10 7/8”, 25 cm

16 A fine bronze weight in the form of a mythical beast, in a recumbent posture

Ming dynasty
Length: 2 3/4”, 7 cm

17 A rare and unusual gold-splashed bronze weight in the form of a foreign man clambering onto the back of a Buddhist lion

Ming dynasty
Length: 2 1/2”, 6.5 cm

18 A fine bronze water dropper in the form of a Buddhist lion

Ming dynasty
Length: 4”, 10 cm

19 An unusual bronze figure, probably a paperweight, of a recumbent horse

Ming dynasty
Length: 3”, 7.8 cm

20 A fine bronze incense burner and cover

Ming dynasty
Height: 5 1/2”, 14 cm

21 An unusual pear-shaped bronze vase of slender oval section

Ming dynasty
Height: 9 1/2”, 24.2 cm

22 A gui-shaped bronze incense burner

17th century
Diameter across the rim: 3 5/8”, 9.1 cm

23 A small bronze li-shaped incense burner supported on three cabriole feet

17th century
Diameter across the rim: 2 7/8”,7.2 cm

24 A pear-shaped bronze vase with two dragon-head handles

17th century
Height: 5”, 13.6 cm

25 A rare, large pewter basin with a barbed flange rim, the interior is decorated in gilding with a dream-like scene of a lady, her maid and a gentleman

Late Ming dynasty
Diameter: 18”, 45.8 cm

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