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721 A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER 藝臻期頤-MARCHANT珍藏中國藝術品
AND STAND
(mark)
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The heavily cast, compressed body is raised on three feet and
set with a pair of loop handles, and the base is cast with an
apocryphal three-character Xuande mark. The stand is cast
in the form of three overlapping fower petals, supported
on three ruyi-shaped feet. Both the censer and stand have an
attractive, fnely speckled patina, with a darker, more mottled
color on the undersides and feet.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide across the handles
$8,000-10,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, United States.
十七/十八世紀 銅押經爐連座
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