THREE UNUSUAL BRONZE VESSELS


17th/18th centuryThe first a vase of attenuated meiping form, with lion-form handles, finely inlaid in silver with a prunus sprig and two lines of verse followed by a signature Henian and two seals reading Henian and Yushan, above a scene of two sages and an attendant, the foot cast with a character in seal script; the second a tripod censer, cast in relief with scenes of a monkey eating peaches and a galloping qilin, separated by opposing lion mask handles; the third a censer with opposing tabbed loop handles, the sides with traces of silver inlaid clouds, the foot marked Shisou. 6 7/8in (17.5cm) high, the tallest
|十七/十八世紀 銅器三件 《鶴年》《玉山》及《石叟》款