Lot 206 , Eight Chinese patinated bronze archaistic models of a fish-shaped Hu, Zhou, Dou, Boshan censer, beast water dropper, bull-shaped lamp and two mirrors, cast to actual scale from the Warring States, Han and Tang dynasty ve

Eight Chinese patinated bronze archaistic models of a fish-shaped Hu, Zhou, Dou, Boshan censer, beast water dropper, bull-shaped lamp and two mirrors, cast to actual scale from the Warring States, Han and Tang dynasty vessels in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, 11.8cm to 32.3cm, each with certificate of authenticity from the Palace museum, Beijing, in a fitted case.

Each no.29 of a limited edition of 50, from a representative selection of 32 bronzes chosen from the Forbidden City, Beijing, Palace museum’s reserve collection. A foundry was set up within the Forbidden City to cast the vessels using the lost wax process, each one stamped with the edition number and the museum’s seal.
£250-350

Condition:
Note these vessels are 1980s reproductions cast in the Forbidden City. The artificial is designed to look old and may occasionally have flaked in places, otherwise in good condition.

Sold for £300