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Property of the Hunter Museum of American Art sold to benefit Property from a California Collector
future acquisitions
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8105 A silver overlaid double gourd
A cast bronze tripod censer and stand 19th century
Xuande mark, 18th/19th century The desiccated and hollowed shell covered and reinforced by a lattice of
The censer of compressed globular form with loop handles rising obliquely silver leafy vines encircling four single-character medallions along each
from the flat rim, raised on three conical legs, the base of the censer node reading gao shan liu shui (the high mountain and rushing waters)
bearing the four-character mark in seal script; the bronze stand modeled and gu bai cang song (the old cypress and verdant pines) and inlaid with
as a flower head with three cloud collar feet, the surfaces of both censer double gourd-shaped cabochons of coral, malachite, lapis and other semi-
and stand finished with a golden brown patina. precious stones, surmounted by a fitted lid supporting a branch form finial
6 1/2in (16.5cm) diameter of censer and raised on a leafy foot rim also cast in vine and gourd related motifs.
$2,500 - 4,000 13in (33cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
Provenance:
Property of the Hunter Museum of American Art sold to benefit future
acquisitions
Gifted in 1955
Previously acquired from a collector in Canton

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