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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE 明末 銅雲龍戲珠長方熏爐一對
FAMILY COLLECTION 《大明宣德年製》仿款
A PAIR OF BRONZE RECTANGULAR 來源：
‘DRAGON’ INCENSE BURNERS 左：倫敦蘇富比1986年10月31日，編號244
AND COVERS
LATE MING DYNASTY, XUANDE 倫敦佳士得1995年11月6日，編號219
MARKS
each supported on four cabriole legs modelled
with a mythical beast mask baring its teeth and
fangs and consuming its own body, the body
flanked by a pair of dragon handles, the exterior
of the body decorated with soaring dragons
chasing flaming pearls against a ground of
tempestuous waves, the base with an apocryphal
six-character Xuande mark, the domed cover
reticulated with two chilong and surmounted by a
roaring lion with its cub
24.5 cm, 9⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Left:
Sotheby’s London, 31st October 1986, lot 244.
Christie’s London, 6th November 1995, lot 219.
HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-89,500
396 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
