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Lot 357
Sale 2026 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$2,159
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Lot Description
A Chinese Archaistic Style Bronze Vessel, Fang Ding, Ming Dynasty
明 青銅仿古方鼎
明 青銅仿古方鼎
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Supported on four cabriole legs cast in the form of a stylized phoenix, the square vessel is decorated to each side with relief taotie masks against a leiwen ground separated by flanges, raising to a stepped rim surmounted by a pair of upright handles.
Height 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm.
Property from the Collection of David and Beverly Hall Billings, Nantucket, Massachusetts.