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Width approximately 20 cm (across the handles). In good condition.
Helen M Edwards
$480.00 Width: 5 cm (2 in)
Height: 1.7 cm (0.8 in) Weight: 89 gms Fine Chinese Paktong ink box with silver inlaid script to the top and an individual wandering through a rural landscape on the base; each cartouche is encircled with double silver rings; lovely patina; good condition
C.P.Sheffield
Sold An Attractive Archaic Bronze Tripod Censer and Cover.
The body cast with Taotie masks on a key fret ground.
The pierced cover with a well cast Dog of Fo.
His left paw resting on a ribboned brocade ball.
Chinese 19thC.
Height; 7 3/4" (19.6 cm).
Condition; both handles have been reattached with solder
Conservatoire Sakura
solded Lost wax cast bronze incense burner. It is formed by a large peach opening by a lid, the fruit is represented with its branch, its leaves and other smaller peaches...
Conservatoire Sakura
sold Small cast bronze incense burner. Ding (tripod) shape. Beautiful casting and neat finish. The sobriety of the decor and the perfection of the volumes giving this small creation a powerful yet elegant appearance suggest that it is a very old censer, probably from the Song period. An excellent very old patina stained with verdigris in places would be compatible with this earlier period. Height 82mm. Fine condition.
Width approximately 11.1 cm (across the handles). There are 2 soft dents at the body. More pictures are available. In good condition.
Conservatoire Sakura
$1,700.00 Cast bronze incense burner. Rectangular shape, 4 feet, decoration of sacred pearls framed by stylized dragons, Greek friezes. Each of the feet comes out of the mouth of a Buddhist lion. The walls are very thick, the object is heavy. Lost wax casting has defects. The carving is not of high quality. No mark. However, this incense burner is powerful and has a very beautiful old patina, which makes it a venerable object with a strong presence. Probably Chinese work. Period 18th century or earlier...
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00 Antique Chinese pair of sculptures of two tall cranes. Each stands on a rectangular base with head looking back. Long, straight legs and gracefully curving necks. Fine details in every feather.
Age: Republic Period (1912-1949) Dimensions: 27 1/8" high x 9" wide x 6 1/8" deep
Conservatoire Sakura
$1,600.00
The vase is cast in one piece. Inspired by archaic Chinese bronze ritual vessels, it bears a Taotie mask decoration. This decoration is reduced to two narrow bands instead of occupying more space as usually on the bronzes of the Ming period, this more austere character, the slender shape and the patina with a much more antique aspect allows us to think so. older, probably from the Song period or earlier.
The base split on one side as shown in the photos...
Helen M Edwards
$1,750.00 Length: 7.2 cm (2.8 in)
Height: 8.2 cm (3.2 in) Depth: 3.6 cm (1.4 in) Weight: 210 gm Rare early Chinese bronze water dropper in the form of the mythical creature, Baize; fine patina; good condition
Conservatoire Sakura
$6,500.00 Cast bronze vase of square shape. Beautiful casting and fine detailed chasing. Taotie mask decoration. The handles in the shape of birds'heads Fine finish. Archaic style but Qing period. Good condition. Nice old patina.
Height: 41cm
Weight: 7,5kg
Conservatoire Sakura
$600.00 Kapala lid in embossed copper and gilded with mercury technic.Dimension: 96x103x35mm
Good condition, slightly worn gilding on the reliefs. Beautiful old patina. Tibet 19th century or before.
Height approximately 19.5 cm. Diameter approximately 15.5 cm. In good condition.
Body width approximately 11.8 cm. Mouth width approximately 11.4 cm. Weight approximately 758 g. Thick original patina. More pictures are available. In good condition.
Helen M Edwards
$1,900.00 Length: 10 cm (4 in)
Height: 6.5 cm (2.6 in) Depth: 4.7 cm (1.9 in) Weight: 230 gms Rare Chinese Ming Period bronze water dropper of a young reclining buffalo; a wrapped scroll (a symbol of knowledge in Chinese culture) rests on the beast’s back; good patina; missing tip of tail; good condition
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$1,000.00 FUGEN BOSATSU Quite a rare find of Cast-Bronze Buddhist seated statue of Samantabhadra with such wabi presense and impression, in originally failed condition as is by such aesthetic casting error during the manufacturing process. 19th century, China. approx...
Conservatoire Sakura
sold Cast bronze censer. Thick and heavy. It rests on 4 feet. The simply twisted handles seem to be part of the one and the same casting which would be a technical feat because I don't see any traces or rivets or welds. A frieze of stylized flowers surrounds the upper body. On the front part, the prestigious mark of Emperor Xuande cast in high relief is probably apocryphal...
EastWest Gallery
$130.00 A gilded bronze or brass alloy hand mirror of round form with a pair of four toed thick bodied Dragons characteristic of the Qing dynasty. The Dragons are impressed into a very fine sandy textured ground and are delineated entirely in flat raised lines similar to champlevé work. The pierced cylindrical knob or button has a V shaped opening for a silk cord and it appears to have been soldered to the centre rather than cast. It has an impressed Shou motif...
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