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

LOT 3378

A BRONZE RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
LATE MING DYNASTY

of rectangular section, the cover cast overall with a dense leiwen ground and pierced with
sixteen wan symbols on the flat top, the box cast on two sides with a pair of taotie mask
handles suspending a ring, the base with a central panel enclosing twenty characters in
seal script
15.5 cm., 6 1/8 in.
ESTIMATE 30,000-50,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 68,750 HKD

CATALOGUE NOTE

A similar bronze incense burner, attributed as cast by a lady named Jiang in the Song dynasty, was included in the
exhibition Through the Prism of the Past: Antiquarian Trends in Chinese Art of the 16th to 18th Century, National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 2003, cat. no. I-52, where the dating is loosely attributed from the Song to the early Qing
dynasty.