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A VERY RARE BRONZE ‘INVESTITURE OF THE GODS’ TRIPOD
CENSER
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The globular censer is supported on three elephant-form feet, finely cast to the exterior
in high relief depicting six characters from the sixteenth-century novel Fengshen Yanyi
‘Investiture of the Gods’, including the boy-deity Na Zha standing on fire-wheels, all
engaged in different acts. The shoulders are flanked by elephant-head handles. The base is
cast with an apocryphal two-character Xuande mark.
12 √ in. (32.7 cm.) high
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
明末/清初 銅封神演義人物故事圖象耳三足爐
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