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IMPERIAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART FROM THE 清雍正 纏枝蓮紋雙耳三足大蓋爐
DETRING/VON HANNEKEN COLLECTION
《大清雍正元年 》 鑄款
A RARE LARGE BRONZE CENSER 來源
AND COVER 德璀琳(1842-1913) 或漢納根(1854-1925)收藏, 此後家族傳承
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG
PERIOD, DATED 1723
the compressed globular body supported on three lion mask
cabriole legs and cast around the shoulder with lotus and stiff
leaf bands divided by a large pair of S-shaped handles, the
detachable straight-sided collar cast and pierced with a broad
‘Three Friends of Winter’ band, repeated on the domed cover
and all surmounted by a coiled dragon finial, cast around the
neck with a seven-character mark corresponding to 1723
(3)
70 cm, 27½ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Gustav Detring (1842-1913) and/or Constantin
von Hanneken (1854-1925), and thence by descent.
W £ 80,000-120,000
HK$ 815,000-1,220,000 US$ 104,000-155,000

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