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Lot 8
AN ANCIENT BRONZE FOOTED BRAZIER
Liao dynasty
20 March 2023, 08:30 EDT
New York

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AN ANCIENT BRONZE FOOTED BRAZIER

Liao dynasty
The shallow circular basin with flared flat rim supported by four feline clawed feet each emerging from a horned beast mask riveted to the sides, the bronze tarnished and covered with green malachite encrustations.
10in (25.4cm) diam

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遼 獸足青銅炭盆

Compare the closely related braziers depicted on murals of Liao dynasty tombs in Xiabai village, Xuanhua district, Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, illustrated in Xuanhua Liao mu bihua (Tomb Murals of Liao Dynasty in Xuanhua), Beijing, 2001, nos. 68, 77 and 81.

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