Page 140 - Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich-Hk 2014

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

LOT 3396

A BRONZE CIRCULAR INCENSE BURNER AND STAND, GUI
LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY

of archaistic gui form, the gently rounded body supported on a short splayed foot, flanked
by a pair of loop handles, the base cast with a recessed rectangular panel enclosing an
apocryphal kaishu inscription reading Da Ming Xuande wunian jiandugong bu guanchen
Wu Bangzuo Zao (‘Made for the Board of Works under the Supervision of Wu Bangzuo in
the Fifth Year of Xuande’), supported on a circular bronze stand with three ruyi feet, the
bronze patinated to a warm caramel-brown colour
18.5 cm., 7 1/4 in.
ESTIMATE 100,000-150,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 812,500 HKD

PROVENANCE

Sydney L. Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age. Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, cat. no. 47.

CATALOGUE NOTE

The inscription is one of a series of apocryphal ones stating that Wu Bangzuo, the Minister of the Ministry of Works in
the 5th year of Xuande, supervised production which tend to appear on late Ming and Qing incense burners. For