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A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE RECTANGULAR INCENSE A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE LOBED TRIPOD INCENSE
BURNER, GUI BURNER, LIDING
17th/18th century 17th/18th century
With thick walls raised on corner feet, each set-in on the short sides The compressed body of lobed form raised on three low feet and set
below a pair of square-sectioned strap handles, decorated on the with two upright loop handles on the neck, the exterior decorated
exterior with scattered and irregular gold splashes, the flat base cast with irregular splashes of gold, with pierced wood and ivory cover and
with a rectangular reserve with the four characters reading zisun bao brocade stand.
zhi (Protected by the children and grandchildren). 14.5cm (5 5/8in) wide (3).
18.3cm (7 2/8in) wide.
£2,000 - 3,000
£4,000 - 6,000 CNY18,000 - 27,000
CNY36,000 - 53,000
十七/十八世紀 銅灑金朝冠耳三足鼎爐
十七/十八世紀 銅灑金馬槽爐
「子孫保之」篆書款 The unusual archaistic form of the present incense burner, modified
into an three-lobed body, may have been based on an earlier design
See a related rectangular bronze incense burner, 18th century, which introduced during the later phases of the Ming dynasty as a variation to
was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3579. the classic forms of earlier periods; see P.Moss, Documentary Chinese
Works of Art in Scholar’s Taste, London, 1983, p.232.

A related gold-splashed bronze lobed incense burner, Qing dynasty,
cast with a compressed body of hexalobed form and upright handles,
was sold at Bonhams, 13 May 2021, lot 84.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
60 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.