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

LOT 3309

AN ARABIC-INSCRIBED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, DING
LATE MING DYNASTY

of archaistic ding form, cast with a compressed globular body rising to a waisted neck and
slightly everted rim, all supported on three short tapered feet, the exterior cast with a pair
of cartouches enclosing Arabic inscriptions, the rim surmounted by a pair of handles, the
base with an apocryphal six-character Xuande reign mark within a recessed panel, traces
of original gilding
21.9 cm., 8 5/8 in.
ESTIMATE 60,000-80,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 325,000 HKD

PROVENANCE

Collection of E. Kotanyi, Berlin, 1960s.

CATALOGUE NOTE

For a similar example see Paul Moss and Gerard Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age. Later Chinese Metalwork.
Sydney Moss Ltd., London, 1991, cat. no. 46.