Lot 3175
3175
A PAIR OF SILVER-INLAID AND PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘CHILONG ’ PAPER WEIGHT
A PAIR OF SILVER-INLAID AND PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘CHILONG ’ PAPER WEIGHT
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A PAIR OF SILVER-INLAID AND PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘CHILONG ’ PAPER WEIGHT

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SILVER-INLAID AND PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘CHILONG ’ PAPER WEIGHT
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Each rectangular bronze paper weight is inlaid in silver with a ruyi-cloud pattern on the upper surface, and surmounted by a gilt handle in the form of a slender double-horned dragon standing foursquare with an arched back and curly tail. The sides are inlaid with a keyfret band, and the reverse inlaid with a four-character mark, bingchen nian zhi, ‘made in the cyclical bingchen year’.

9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) long, box

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Lot Essay

Compare to a paperweight of similar design but rendered in cloisonne in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Small Refined Articles of the Study, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shenzhen, 2009, p. 165, no. 150.

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