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A RARE GILT-BRONZE SUNDIAL QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD, DATED GENGZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1780 | 清乾隆庚子年（1780） 鎏金銅日晷 《大清乾隆庚子年製》款
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A RARE GILT-BRONZE SUNDIAL QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD, DATED GENGZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1780清乾隆庚子年（1780）鎏金銅日晷 《大清乾隆庚子年製》款of semi-hemispherical form with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, inscribed to each side of the rim with Chinese solar terms,incised to the interior with a diagonal table matrix and set with a gnomon, all supported on three long feet formed by whisps of ruyi-shaped cloudsextending under the rim and terminating in dragon heads, the side with an incised eight-character inscription reading Daqing Qianlong gengzi nianzhi ('Made in the Gengzi year during the Qianlong period of the Great Qing dynasty') Diameter 27.5 cm, 10⅞ in.
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Important Chinese Art
From Nov. 6, 2019 to Nov. 6, 2019 in London
A WEDGWOOD BLUE AND WHITE JASPER-DIP PIERCED ORANGE BASKET, COVER AND STAND CIRCA 1840
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A WEDGWOOD BLUE AND WHITE JASPER-DIP PIERCED ORANGE BASKET, COVER AND STAND CIRCA 1840decorated with a checkerboard pattern, impressed uppercase WEDGWOOD.Height 8¾ in.22.2 cm
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Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
From Oct. 23, 2019 to Oct. 23, 2019 in New York
