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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
of archaistic gui form, the compressed globular body
supporting on a splayed foot, the sides flanked by a pair of
mythical beast heads issuing loop handles, the main register
rendered with dragons and mythical beasts, below a waisted
neck decorated with bajixiang, the foot with a leafy floral
scroll band, the base with a rectangular gilt panel engraved
with a seal mark reading Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi (made by
Hu Wenming of Yunjian)
22 cm, 8¾ in.
£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 62,500-83,500 US$ 8,000-10,700
明十七世紀
局部鎏金銅飛龍海獸圖簋式爐
《雲間胡文明製》款
68 Buyers are liable to pay both the hammer price (as estimated above) and the buyer’s premium together with any applicable taxes and Artist’s Resale Right (which will depend on the individual circumstanc-
es). Refer to the Buying at Auction and VAT sections at the back of this catalogue for further information.
