AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE JUE , A BRONZE INSCRIBED TRAY, AND A SMALL SILVER WIRE-INLAID BRONZE DING 17TH-19TH CENTURY THE JUE , DATED THIRD YEAR OF QIANLONG, CORRESPONDING TO 1737 AND OF THE PERIOD The first is a jue ritual vessel with a single handle and standing on three slender tapered legs, the body is decorated with a wide leiwen band. The underside of the rim is cast with a nine-character mark reading ' Qianlong san nian zhong dong ji dan zhi ' which may be translated as 'made on an auspicious day in the second month of winter in the third year of Qianlong'. The second is a square tray with canted corners, cast with an imperial poem and with an apocryphal Xuande date, the underside is cast with the two character ' nei yong ' (for the Inner Palace) between two dragons and stands on four ruyi feet, 17th-18th century. The last is a small silver wire-inlaid censer with two upright handles, decorated with stylised taotie masks, with a two-character Shi Sou mark to the base, 18th-19th century. The jue : 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE JUE , A BRONZE INSCRIBED TRAY, AND A SMALL SILVER WIRE-INLAID BRONZE DING 17TH-19TH CENTURY THE JUE , DATED THIRD YEAR OF QIANLONG, CORRESPONDING TO 1737 AND OF THE PERIOD The first is a jue ritual vessel with a single handle and standing on three slender tapered legs, the body is decorated with a wide leiwen band. The underside of the rim is cast with a nine-character mark reading ' Qianlong san nian zhong dong ji dan zhi ' which may be translated as 'made on an auspicious day in the second month of winter in the third year of Qianlong'. The second is a square tray with canted corners, cast with an imperial poem and with an apocryphal Xuande date, the underside is cast with the two character ' nei yong ' (for the Inner Palace) between two dragons and stands on four ruyi feet, 17th-18th century. The last is a small silver wire-inlaid censer with two upright handles, decorated with stylised taotie masks, with a two-character Shi Sou mark to the base, 18th-19th century. The jue : 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide
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