Skip diving find: Chinese bronze stands

So, here's what I pulled out of the skip yesterday. Not cleaned them much, nor will I, other than getting the cement dust off.

Heavy as heck, bronze stands. Lovely patina. How on earth they ended up in a rented house in London, I do not know - but the skip had some Bonhams catalogues in it, as well.

Anyhow, would appreciate thoughts on age and what originally sat in those holes on top. And any other comments!

God knows what else is in that skip, under the earth, rotten fencing and carpet offcuts.

 

Maybe holders for joss sticks?

 

They'd be darned big ones.

 

I hadn't heard of the term skip before lol. So looked it up. Could they be bases for statues or maybe lamps? They are beautiful.
Mikey

 

I suspect vases or statues, I'd love to know what they had originally. Yeah, dumpster diving.

 

They are gorgeous, obb. 19th century imo. I can picture them with carved stone vases.

 

Now I'm wondering even more what's at the bottom of that damn skip.....!

 

Beautiful, I can picture them with vases too, how big are they?

 

yes, very hard to narrow down the possibilities with no idea of size, give us the bear facts

 

<groan>

OK, they each weight about six and a half pounds. Eight inches by six inches, seven and a half inches high.

 

If it hadn't got a pile of earth and trees in it now, trust me, my bum would be sticking up out of it!

Skips do get sorted a bit at tips, so I hope if there's anything more there, it's found.

 

Oops, I thought someone had already said they were Chinese.

 

Yeah, me.

 

Of course, thread title.

 

I love a man who can multitask.
Thanks for banning the argumentative rude poster. Of course I want to know who, I'm nosy.

 

Tip is the dump? So a skip goes to the tip

 

Amazing. Did you spill any food?