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LOT 3415
A BRONZE LION-HANDLED INCENSE BURNER
QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
of compressed globular form rising to a waisted neck and slightly everted rim, set with two
lion heads as 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’), the bronze patinated to a dark brown tone
18.5 cm., 7 1/4 in.
ESTIMATE 30,000-50,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 225,000 HKD
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
additional information, see the note to lot 3316.
