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675

propertY From the JUnKUnC CoLLeCtIon
A BRONZE CENSER
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
of bombé form supported on a low foot, set
with two lion-mask-form handles cast in high
relief, the base cast with an apocryphal sixteen-
character dated Xuande mark in relief, the
patina a warm yellowish tone
Width 7¾ in., 19.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 6,000-8,000

十七 / 十八世紀 銅獅耳爐
《大明宣德五年監督工部官臣吳邦
佐造》仿款

來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

676
675
propertY From the JUnKUnC CoLLeCtIon
A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
the compressed barrel-form body supported
on three stout cabriole legs, the rounded sides
cast with a band of raised bosses encircling
the rim and base, set with a pair of lion-mask-
handles, the base with an apocryphal six-
character Xuande mark cast in relief within a
recessed rectangle, the patina dark brown
Width 9⅜ in., 23.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
the Clague Collection includes a Qianlong
period bronze tripod censer of this form, but
with a bajixiang motif cast in relief on the
register between the bosses, published in
China’s Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H.
Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes
1100-1900, phoenix art museum, phoenix,
1993, cat. no. 22.

$ 6,000-8,000
十七 / 十八世紀 銅鼓墩爐

《大明宣德年製》仿款
676
來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

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