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PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH CENTURY

the compressed globular body rising from three
splayed feet to a short neck with a wide everted
lipped rim, the bronze patinated to a deep
golden-brown color, the underside cast with an
apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within
a rectangle
Diameter 5⅛ in., 12.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Major Oswald Stanhope Benbow-
Rowe (1890-1940), and thence by descent.
$ 10,000-15,000
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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH CENTURY
the deep circular body rising to a wide ß aring
rim, cast as if on a stand with three elephant-
head feet, the pierced handles with scrollwork,
the base with an apocryphal six-character
Xuande mark within a recessed rectangle
Diameter 7⅝ in., 19.8 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
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