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IMPERIAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART FROM THE
DETRING/VON HANNEKEN COLLECTION
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE TRIPOD
CENSER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the compressed globular form supported on three mythical
beast cabriole legs, rising to a slightly everted rim set to either
side with a pair of curved handles cast as an elephant’s trunk,
the midsection decorated with a band of archaistic kui dragons
against a keyfret background, the base centred with a four-
character apocryphal Xuande seal mark
40 cm, 15¾ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Gustav Detring (1842-1913) and/or Constantin
von Hanneken (1854-1925), and thence by descent.
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£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 61,000-81,500 US$ 7,800-10,400

清十八世紀 銅瑞象三足爐
來源
德璀琳(1842-1913) 或漢納根(1854-1925)收藏， 自此家族傳承

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IMPERIAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART FROM THE
DETRING/VON HANNEKEN COLLECTION
A LARGE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE
ARROW VASE
YUAN DYNASTY

the flattened rounded sides rising from a stepped pedestal
base to a long cylindrical neck, flanked by a pair of tubular
handles at the rim, the body with six protruding flanges
alternating with scalloped panels of animals in relief, the neck
decorated with two applied sinous chilong, further decorated
with archaistic designs at the rim, shoulders and foot, the base
inscribed with a four character mark reading huzhou xue zao
(made by Huzhou Xue)
49 cm, 19¼ in.

PROVENANCE
Collection of Gustav Detring (1842-1913) and/or Constantin
von Hanneken (1854-1925), and thence by descent.
£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 61,000-81,500 US$ 7,800-10,400
元 銅饕餮螭龍紋投壺
《湖州薛造》款
來源
德璀琳(1842-1913) 或漢納根(1854-1925)收藏， 自此家族傳承

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