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A LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE BRONZE A BRONZE ‘SHOULAO’ CENSER
VASE BUDDHIST LION CENSER AND QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY COVER cast in two parts, in the form of a joyful Shoulao
the baluster body rising from a spreading foot 17TH CENTURY riding his buffalo, the God of Longevity with his
to a tall flaring neck set with a pair of high seated with bushy tail erect and the right paw characteristically exaggerated forehead and
relief chilong handles, with raised bosses and resting on a ribbon-tied ball, the face with large long beard wearing a loose robe, seated on his
bowstrings at the neck, irregularly splashed bulging eyes and jaws open baring the rows of animal companion holding a scroll in his left
in gold around the exterior, the base with an sharp teeth, the back with detachable cover, hand, a slit opening to his sleeve and his mouth
apocryphal six-character Xuande mark the metal patinated to a dark chocolate tone, act as smoke holes
32 cm, 12½ in. wood stand (2)
(3) 23.5 cm, 9¼ in.
PROVENANCE
37 cm, 14½ in.
Sotheby’s New York, 18th March 2014, lot 368. £ 1,000-2,000
PROVENANCE HK$ 10,500-20,900 US$ 1,350-2,700
£ 6,000-8,000 Christie’s London, 6th November 2009, lot 362.
HK$ 62,500-83,500 US$ 8,000-10,700 清十九世紀 壽老騎牛銅爐
◉ £ 8,000-12,000
清十八世紀 銅灑金螭龍耳瓶 HK$ 83,500-125,000 US$ 10,700-16,000
《大明宣德年製》仿款 十七世紀 銅獅蓋爐
來源
來源
紐約蘇富比2014年3月18日，編號368
倫敦佳士得2009年11月6日，編號362

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