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330 | Bonhams A bronze incense burner
Cast Xuande six-character mark, 18th century
The bulbous body undecorated between a
band containing two pairs of confronted
stylised phoenix on a formal spiral ground
on the neck, and another band of formal
spirals at the splayed foot, the two handles
each shaped as the head of a horned and
bearded mythical beast, the underside cast
with two five-clawed dragons amidst flames
surrounding the six-character mark.
17.8cm (7in) diam.
£6,000 - 10,000
HK$71,000 - 120,000 CNY56,000 - 94,000

十八世紀 銅雙獸耳爐 陽文「大明宣德年製」
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A bronze incense burner with ‘elephant’
handles
Cast Xuande six-character mark, 17th/18th
century
Heavily cast with a single fine rib around
the curving body tapering to a gently flaring
foot, flanked on each side by an unusually
boldly formed elephant-head handle with
sharp tusks and articulated trunk ending in a
tightly-curled snout.
30.6cm (12in) wide
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000

十七/十八世紀 銅雙象耳爐 陽文「大明宣德年
製」楷書款