6th May, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026
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A RARE CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BAMBOO TRIPOD VESSEL, DING, QING DYNASTY
the body with deep rounded sides supported on three cabriole legs and set at the everted rim with a pair of loop handles, carved around the body in low relief with a double keyfret band, the legs with ruyi strapwork, the base with a two-character seal mark, the wood patinated to a warm honey tone, 15cm high
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12 May 2010, lot 3.
一件中国稀见仿古竹制三足鼎式炉，清代
Sold for £1,300
the body with deep rounded sides supported on three cabriole legs and set at the everted rim with a pair of loop handles, carved around the body in low relief with a double keyfret band, the legs with ruyi strapwork, the base with a two-character seal mark, the wood patinated to a warm honey tone, 15cm high
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12 May 2010, lot 3.
Auction: Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026, 6th May, 2026
Highlights of Olympia Auctions' Chinese and Japanese works of art sale include an Imperially inscribed jade mountain from an Italian Noble family, a superb cloisonne enamel 'Egret' vase by the studio of Namikawa Sosuke from the property of an English Gentleman and a private Scottish Collection of Chinese works of art including bamboo carvings and jades. Other British private collections include Chinese snuff bottles predominantly collected in the first half of the 20th Century, and a collection of Japanese Satsuma ceramics including a large and impressive koro and cover.
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