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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF K’UNG HSIANG-HSI
2005
A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The compressed body is cast with a pair of lion-mask handles and is raised on three cabriole
legs, each cast with further lion masks. An apocryphal Xuande mark is cast in a rectangle on
the base. The patina is of brownish-red color.
11æ in. (30 cm.) wide across the handles, wood cover, wood stand
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
The K’ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 1881- 1967) Collection, New York, and thence by
descent within the family.
明末/清十八世紀 銅獅首耳三足爐
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