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A GILT-BRONZE ‘HOUND’ SCROLL WEIGHT A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE QUATRELOBED INCENSE
Ming Dynasty BURNER
The slender recumbent hound carved with its head facing forward Zhenshe yongbao mark, 18th century
attentively, with front paws together and hind legs tucked beside its Heavily cast with straight sides rising to a stepped shoulder and a flat
elongated belly, the long tail curling to its right haunch, with fitted box. everted rim, applied with a pair of loop handles in the form of bamboo
8cm (3 1/8in) long (2). issuing leafy branches down the body covered with a profusion of gold
splashes, all supported by four similar bamboo-form loop feet, the
£3,000 - 5,000 base with seal mark, hongmu stand and cover.
CNY24,000 - 39,000 36cm (14 1/4in) wide. (3).
£25,000 - 35,000
明 銅鎏金臥犬鎮紙
CNY200,000 - 280,000
十八世紀 灑金銅竹節柄海棠式香爐
「珍舍永寶」篆書款

The unusual archaistic form of the present incense burner, modified
into an lobed body, may have been based on an earlier design
introduced during the later phases of the Ming dynasty as variations to
the classic forms of earlier periods; see P.Moss, Documentary Chinese
Works of Art in Scholar’s Taste, London, 1983, p.232, who mentions
that a variety of unusual shapes displaying highly individualistic features
were created during the later decades of the Ming dynasty.

Compare with a related but smaller gold-splashed bronze lobed
incense burner, liding, Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams
London, 13 May 2021, lot 84.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
128 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.