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A BRONZE MIRROR STAND WITH APPLIED GILT DECORATION A CAST BRONZE BOMBÉ CENSER
17th/18th century Xuande mark, Qing dynasty
Cast in sections, the hollow base in the shape of a recumbent qilin Of substantial size and weight, of standard form consisting of a flat
turning its head backward toward the left, the separately cast mirror mouth rim above a compressed globular body supporting opposing
support fronted with a triangular front covered with raised cloud attenuated loop handles all raised on a flared foot encircling the
scrolls and a back flange of crescent moon shape, the worn surfaces recessed base bearing the six-character mark impressed to the
of both sections showing traces of applied gilt. center.
9 1/2in (24.2cm) long 13 1/2in (34.2cm) width over handles

US$4,000 - 6,000 US$4,000 - 6,000

For a parcel gilt example in the Victoria & Albert Museum, dated to
the Song or Yuan period, see Rose Kerr in Later Chinese Bronzes
(London, 1990), cat. no. 87, pp. 100-101. Two other examples in the
Museé Cernuschi were published by Michel Maucuer in Bronzes de la
Chine impériale des Song aux Qing (Paris, 2013): one with traces of
applied gilt similar to this lot, ascribed to the 14th-15th century (cat.
no 57, p.112); the other finished with a black patina, as 16th-17th
century (cat. no. 58, p. 113).

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