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28 - A group of three Chinese bronze itemsincluding: A Chinese bronze vessel modelled as a heavenly rooster, Song or Yuan Dynasty, cast with shang fang mark on the inside of the vase, with fitted wood stand, weight 949 grams, 13.8cm high; a Chinese bronze miniature twin handled censer, Ming Dynasty, 6cm high, weight 264 grams; and a Chinese gilt bronze seated buddha, 18th century, 11cm high, weight 152 gramsContainers in the shape of a rooster carrying a vessel on its back are an invention of Song dynasty (960–1279) antiquarians, who believed that such ritual vessels existed in the classical age of ancient China. The term 'heavenly rooster' comes from a Chinese legend about a mythical bird whose crowing awakens the whole world. Compare a very similar ceremonial vessel in the Freer Study Collection, accession number FSC-B-65.宋/元 銅尚方款天雞尊(克重949克)明雙耳饕餮紋爐(克重264克)及清中期銅鎏金佛(克重152克)

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£450 (€537)

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Estimation

£500 - 700 (€590 - 840)

Sale fees

35.4%

A group of three Chinese bronze itemsincluding: A Chinese bronze vessel modelled as a heavenly rooster, Song or Yuan Dynasty, cast with shang fang mark on the inside of the vase, with fitted wood stand, weight 949 grams, 13.8cm high; a Chinese bronze miniature twin handled censer, Ming Dynasty, 6cm high, weight 264 grams; and a Chinese gilt bronze seated buddha, 18th century, 11cm high, weight 152 gramsContainers in the shape of a rooster carrying a vessel on its back are an invention of Song dynasty (960–1279) antiquarians, who believed that such ritual vessels existed in the classical age of ancient China. The term 'heavenly rooster' comes from a Chinese legend about a mythical bird whose crowing awakens the whole world. Compare a very similar ceremonial vessel in the Freer Study Collection, accession number FSC-B-65.宋/元 銅尚方款天雞尊(克重949克)明雙耳饕餮紋爐(克重264克)及清中期銅鎏金佛(克重152克) Condition Report: wear to the surface commensurate with age

Auction details

Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art (Part 1: Lots 1-327)
Wednesday, November 11
11:30 AM
Donnington Priory
RG14 2JE Newbury, United Kingdom

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