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A 17 – 18 CENTURY BRONZE BOMBÉ TRIPOD CENSER A 16 – 17 CENTURY ARABIC-INSCRIBED BRONZE and Sotheby’s, IMPORTANT CHINESE ART, 15 MARCH
Bronze INCENSE BOX AND COVER 2017, NEW YORK, lot 560 (for a complete incense set,
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China, 17 / 18 century Bronze containing a comparable box).
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China, 16 / 17 century
This heavily cast bronze bombé censer shows a compressed globular body ⋩ℕ军⋩ᶫᶾ䲨旧㉱ỗ㔯戭⚻楁䙺
rising from three short conical legs to an everted rim. It is set at the shoulder This lid of this incense box shows a raised outer rim with 曺戭
with an elegant pair of lug handles. The base bears an apocryphal Xuande the letter ‘Wan’ (= Ten thousand) appearing 12 times in ᷕ⚳炻⋩ℕ军⋩ᶫᶾ䲨
mark, masterly cast in high relief inside a rectangular cartouche. the row. In the center, standing out prominently against
the granulated background is the Arabic inscription 忁ᾳ楁䙺䘬味朊攳⃱炻攳⃱␐⚵㴖晽12ᾳ叔⫿ˤ攳⃱ℭ㕤䍵
Shape: Globular, tripod shape ‘Hamdulillah’ which translates to ‘Praise be to Allah’. 䎈⛘ᶲ㴖晽 旧㉱ỗ㔯“Hamdulillah”炻シ⿅㗗“孂枴䛇ᷣ”ˤ
Dimensions: 22 cm (length at handles), 9 cm (height) The exterior on both, the lid and the base, show chased ⚻䙺䘬味⫸␴⸽⹏悥⎗夳ἃ㔁䫎嘇⍲墅梦怲䶋䘬剙䲳ˤ䙺
Condition: Very good condition with appealing natural patina, especially on decoration of either Buddhist symbols or ornamental ⫸⊭㻧㶙⍂㰱䨑炻忂橼䵓㡅⃒伶ˤ
the inside borders. The box shows dark patination and a perfect
Provenance: Austrian private collection shape. ⢾䭙ᶲ䘬㧁㔯㗗䓐大⯤㔯⫿⮓ㆸ炻忁㗗ᶨ䧖ᷕ⚳Ẳ㕗嗕㚠
㱽⼊⺷炻㗗⽆㖶㛅⇅㛇旧㉱ỗ㔯⫿䘤⯽侴Ἦˤ ⬫⛐ᷕ⚳㜙
Literature comparison: See Sotheby’s, IMPORTANT CHINESE ART, 11 The inscription found on the present box is written in Sini 悐䘬㶭䛇⮢⺋㲃ἧ䓐炻⛐⊿Ṕ䈃埿㶭䛇⮢䘬⡩漽䘤䎦Ḯ℠
NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK, lot 83 (for an identically shaped censer, brown script, a Chinese Islamic calligraphic form for the Arabic ✳䘬ἳ⫸ˤ
patinated and with base) and Sotheby’s, SATURDAY AT SOTHEBY’S: CHINESE script which was developed in the early Ming dynasty.
ART, 21 MARCH 2015, NEW YORK, lot 788 (for a similar censer of the same It is used extensively in mosques in Eastern China with ⚻㞙⼊
material and also bearing the apocryphal Xuande mark). notable examples found in the mihrab of the Niujue ⯢⮠烉䚜⼹9 cm炻檀 4,5 cm
mosque, Beijing. ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻⊭㻧⎌晭
⋩ᶫ军⋩ℓᶾ䲨ᶱ嵛戭楁䆸 ≈㊧⣏䥩Ṣ㓞啷
⑩䚠㤝⤥炻⊭㻧⍂㽌炻䈡⇍㗗ℭ元 Shape: Cylindrical shape
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Dimensions: 9 cm (diameter), 4,5 cm (height) 㔯䌣⍫侫烉夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪⭻奢㕤䈑˫炻2014⸜1㚰26㖍炻楁㷗㚫
Condition: Very good condition with appealing natural ⯽ᷕ⽫炻2912嘇㉵⑩炷ᶨẞ㚱叿䚠⎴旧㔯䘬⚻味楁䙺炸冯喯
Estimate EUR 500,- patina ⭴㭼˪慵天ᷕ⚳喅埻˫炻2017⸜3㚰5㖍炻䲸䲬炻560嘇㉵⑩炷
Starting price EUR 250,- Provenance: Canadian private collection ᶨ⣿⬴㔜楁啘☐䲣↿炻⊭⏓ᶨᾳ䚠Ụ䙺⫸炸

Literature comparison: See Christie’s, Drawn by the Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Senses, 26 November 2014, Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Starting price EUR 500,-

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