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1 A fine archaic bronze drinking vessel and cover (zhi ) Late Shang dynasty Height: 7 in, 17.7 cm supported on a spreading, moulded foot, the oval-section vessel has a low, well-rounded belly and a flared neck |
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An unusual archaic bronze ritual basin (pan) |
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A fine archaic bronze vessel (li ) |
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4 A fine and large archaic bronze wine vessel and cover (you) Late Shang or early Western Zhou dynasty, 11th century BC Height with extended handle: 12 1/2 in, 31.8 cm of angular oval cross-section with a low belly, the vessel is supported on a spreading, unmoulded foot |
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5 An archaic bronze ritual food vessel and cover (fu) Early Spring and Autumn period, 8th century BC Length: 11 in, 27.9 cm formed of two halves, one of which can be inverted to make another vessel. |
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6 A silver-inlaid bronze staff finial Warring States period Length: 9 1/4 in, 23.5 cm raised on a hollow, knopped socket and cast as a dragon with a curved |
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7 A fine bronze brazier Western Han dynasty Length: 9 in, 23.8 cm the brazier is rectangular in section with an S-shaped handle and is supported on four small |
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8 A pair of lead figural plaques Han dynasty Height: 4 5/8 in, 11.8 cm of courtiers, each wears a long, cross-over robe, tied at the waist |
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9 A fine, small bronze figure of a mythical beast Han dynasty Length: 2 3/4 in, 7 cm the single-horned creature has the face of a rhinoceros, but a back like a water buffalo |
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10 A pair of unusual bronze water vessels Han dynasty Width: 2 1/8 in, 5.4 cm cast in the form of bears, crouching four-square with tear-shaped apertures in their backs for water |
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11 A fine and large bronze mirror stand and Japanese mirror Ming dynasty Length: 13 1/2 in, 34.3 cm the stand is in the form of a hollow, recumbent qilin |
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12 An extremely fine and rare iron-bronze mirror with gilt-silver inlay (pingtuo) Tang dynasty Diameter: 10 3/8 in, 26.5 cm the circular mirror has a large, domed central knop, pierced for suspension, inlaid with a design of four pairs of confronting birds in flight amid scrolling flowers around a four-petalled blossom |
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13 A fine, large bronze censer Ming dynasty Height: 17 7/8 in, 45.5 cm in the form of an Immortal on a buffalo. |
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14 A fine, partly lacquered bronze censer Ming dynasty Height: 15 1/2 in, 39.4 cm well cast in the form of the Tang poet, Du Fu, riding on a mule Click image for more information |
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15 A very fine and rare, large gilt-lacquered bronze wine vessel (jue) Ming dynasty Height: 11 1/8 in, 28.3 cm finely cast as a faithful replica of a late Shang dynasty archaic bronze vessel |
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16 A rare pewter ewer Circa 1700 Height: 7 3/4 in, 19.7 cm of octagonal cross-section, the vessel flares from the base and is set with a short spout and a carrying handle |
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