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Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich
Hausmann
Hong Kong | 08 Oct 2014, 11:45 AM | HK0558

LOT 3375

A SMALL BRONZE DRAGON-HANDLED INCENSE BURNER, GUI
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

of archaistic gui form, the compressed globular body rising from three short feet to a
waisted neck, flanked by a pair of handles in the form of a stylised dragon, the base cast
with a recessed rectangular panel enclosing an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark in
kaishu, the bronze patinated to a warm caramel-brown colour
13.8 cm., 5 3/8 in.
ESTIMATE 30,000-50,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 187,500 HKD