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AN EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE
LUDUAN-FORM BRONZE CENSERS 來源
Wilhelm Anton Fritz Euler (1911-1994) 收藏，此後家族
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD 傳承
each cast with a rotund beast standing on a serpentine
dragon, the sinuous body coiling into a ring-form base, the
tail flicking the luduan’s hindquarters and the head slithering
up the beast’s chest, the luduan with a nearly spherical torso
supported on four stout legs clutching the dragon-base
with muscular four-clawed paws, the body and legs richly
textured with coiling tufts of fur, broad scales, and flame
scrolls all cast in high relief, the separately-cast head with an
immense fleshy face with the mouth agape exposing rows of
serrated teeth, long fangs, and a broad tongue all beneath a
knobby snout, the bulging eyes accentuated by long bushy
eyebrows rising beneath a tall forehead surmounted by a
crested horn, tubular ears flaring out to each side, the thick
mane falling in waves across the chest and back, a large bell
and two tassels suspended at the chest, oxidized to a pale
green patina mottled with black (4)
height 31 in., 78.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Wilhelm anton Fritz euler (1911-1994), and
thence by descent.
$ 300,000-500,000

Fig. 3 the present illustrated at the family home, Königstein, Germany
圖三 本品置於 Hochschild-Euler 家宅，柯尼希斯泰因，德國

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