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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
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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 |
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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 |
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10 A rare silvered-bronze reliquary and cover
Tang dynasty
Height: 6 3/8, 16.2 cm |
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11 An unusual silvered-bronze jar and cover
Tang dynasty
Height: 6 3/4, 17.1 cm |
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12 A pair of rare bronze figures of foreigners
Ming dynasty
Height: 8 5/8, 22 cm |
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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 |
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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 |
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15 An unusual bronze ding and cover standing on three tall cabriole legs
Ming dynasty
Maximum height: 10 7/8, 25 cm |
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16 A fine bronze weight in the form of a mythical beast, in a recumbent posture
Ming dynasty
Length: 2 3/4, 7 cm |
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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 |
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18 A fine bronze water dropper in the form of a Buddhist lion
Ming dynasty
Length: 4, 10 cm
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19 An unusual bronze figure, probably a paperweight, of a recumbent horse
Ming dynasty
Length: 3, 7.8 cm |
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20 A fine bronze incense burner and cover
Ming dynasty
Height: 5 1/2, 14 cm |
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21 An unusual pear-shaped bronze vase of slender oval section
Ming dynasty
Height: 9 1/2, 24.2 cm |
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22 A gui-shaped bronze incense burner
17th century
Diameter across the rim: 3 5/8, 9.1 cm |
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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 |
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24 A pear-shaped bronze vase with two dragon-head handles
17th century
Height: 5, 13.6 cm |
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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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