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66 Compare a similar incense burner and cover, Kangxi, illustrated by
A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE RETICULATED INCENSE BURNER, P.K.Hu, Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and
COVER AND STAND Robert E. Kresko Collections, Saint Louis, 2008, no.18. See also a
Xuande six-character mark, 17th/18th century related covered rectangular incense burner, Kangxi, illustrated by
The body cast in relief with mythical beasts and sea creatures amidst C.Brown and A.Gully eds., China’s Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert
waves below cloud scrolls, flanked by two lion mask loose ring H.Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix,
handles, surmounted by a reticulated cover with a dragon finial above 1993, p.111, no.21.
two writhing dragons pursuing the flaming pearl, with a lotus lappet
band around the foot and the stand.
13.7cm (5 3/8in) wide (3).

£5,000 - 7,000 CNY48,000 - 68,000
HK$59,000 - 82,000

十七/十八世紀 局部鎏金銅海水異獸紋鋪首耳四方爐
「大明宣德年製」楷書鑄款

Provenance: A Belgian private collection

來源： 比利時私人收藏

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