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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION 十七 / 十八世紀 銅胡人獻寶長方熏爐
A RARE BRONZE ‘FOREIGNERS’ RECTANGULAR 《大明宣德年製》仿款
CENSER AND COVER, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
the base with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark, 來源：
wood stand (3) 紐約私人收藏，得於1960年代初，此後家族傳承
Width 15¾ in., 40 cm
PROVENANCE
New York Private Collection, acquired in the early 1960s, and
thence by descent.
Finely cast in detail with two foreigners of strong build
holding up a rectangular censer with a cover and Buddhist
lion final on top, the present lot is an exemplary example of
its type. Readily identifiable by their clothes and distinctive
facial features, foreigners were often seen represented in
works of art during the 17th and 18th century, indicative of
the cultural curiosity and fascination of the West at this time.
A closely related censer, similarly cast but of smaller
size, sold in our London rooms, 16th May 2007, lot 367;
another, of larger size, without a cover nor decoration cast
to the censer, previously sold at Christie’s New York, 14th
September 2017, lot 925, and then again in these rooms,
20th September 2023, lot 800.
$ 40,000-60,000

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