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OTHER CHINESE WORKS OF ART

Lots 6347-6407

6347 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

6348 6347
A SMALL CAST BRONZE CENSER
6349 Qin shu lu mark
Of compressed globular form raised on three conical legs, the loop
114 | BONHAMS handles rising at an oblique angle from the rim, the exterior surfaces
finished in a warm chocolate brown patina and the flat base centered
with a rectangular reserve displaying the three-character mark in seal
script.
5in (12.7cm) diameter

US$6,000 - 8,000

The three-character mark is a sobriquet identified with an early Ming
official, Wu Bangzuo, whose name appears in two different marks on
bronze censers: for a sixteen-character inscription identifying him as
superintendent of the Board of Public Works in during Xuande fifth
year [1430], see Bonhams, San Francisco sale 21034, 18 December
2013, lot 6487; for an eighteen-character inscription recording a
censer cast under his supervision for the Great Sacrifice in the same
year, see Bonhams, London sale 23238, 10 November 2016, lot 91.

6348
A SMALL ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RECTANGULAR CENSER
17th/18th century
Cast in shallow raised relief with dissolved taotie masks set against a
leiwen pattern in horizontal reserves on the long sides of the censer,
the leiwen pattern repeating on the fronts of the corner cabriole
legs and the in-curving rim on the short sides supporting a pair of
depressed loop handles, the patina of warm chocolate brown hue
(wear from use).
5 1/8in (13cm) high
4 3/4in (12cm) length across the handles

US$800 - 1,200

6349
A SMALL CAST BRONZE CENSER
Xuande mark, 17th/18th century
Cast with an upright rim and a pair of lion head handles projecting
from the curving walls along with bands of ascending and
descending lotus petals, the upright foot surrounding a recessed
base bearing the six-character mark in standard script within a
rectangular recess (wear to lacquer patina).
5 1/2in (14cm) width across the handles

US$2,500 - 4,000