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AN ARABIC-INSCRIBED BRONZE
INCENSE VASE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

the compressed globular body supported on a
straight foot and rising to a cylindrical neck with
a lipped rim, cast with two shaped cartouches
at the body enclosing arabic inscriptions in
relief against a ring-punched ground, Japanese
wood box (3)
height 5½ in., 14 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

明十六世紀 銅阿拉伯文長頸瓶

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propertY From the JUnKUnC CoLLeCtIon
A SMALL BRONZE CENSER
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
of oval section, the low upright sides set over
four short cabriole legs, rising to a recessed
673 neck and everted rim, the body set to either
side with a pair of lion-mask handles, the base
cast with an apocryphal six-character Xuande
mark within a recessed rectangle, the patina a
warm brown color
Width 5½ in., 14 cm

PROVENANCE
Warren e. Cox, new York, 6th January 1959.
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 6,000-8,000

十七 / 十八世紀 銅獅耳四足爐
《大明宣德年製》仿款

來源
Warren E. Cox，紐約，1959年1月6日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

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