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8158
BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17th/18th century
Heavily cast and supported on three
short legs, the shallow incense burner of
compressed globular form, with a ridged
waist and a stepped rim, with a four
character Xuande mark in seal script within a
recessed rectangle.
5in (12.6cm) diameter, 61.6oz (1746gm)

$7,000 - 9,000
十七/十八世紀 銅三足爐

Provenance
Private New England collection 8158

8159
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’
CENSER
Late Qing dynasty
Of compressed globular form, rising to a
straight neck with wide mouth, flanked by
loop handles issuing from the mouths of
mythical beasts, the exterior decorated with
two rows of large lotus blooms borne on leafy
scrolling stems against a turquoise ground,
above a lappet band encircling the splayed
foot ring, the rim, tops of the handles and
inside of the foot gilded.
6 3/4in (17.2cm) long, across handles
$6,000 - 8,000

清末 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋爐 8159

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