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CAST XUANDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK, 18TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE FANG HU
CAST XUANDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK, 18TH CENTURY
The square body, flaring base and waisted neck unusually cast in Sino-Tibetan style in medium relief with pendent loops of beads suspended from ruyi motifs and inset with red and green glass half-cuts, lotus meander and incised around the rim and base with key-pattern, the 'C'-scroll handles issuing from dragon-masks, the base cast with a dragon confronting the mark as if a pearl above a two-character mark within a rectangle, some half-cuts missing
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
CAST XUANDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK, 18TH CENTURY
The square body, flaring base and waisted neck unusually cast in Sino-Tibetan style in medium relief with pendent loops of beads suspended from ruyi motifs and inset with red and green glass half-cuts, lotus meander and incised around the rim and base with key-pattern, the 'C'-scroll handles issuing from dragon-masks, the base cast with a dragon confronting the mark as if a pearl above a two-character mark within a rectangle, some half-cuts missing
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis