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A RARE BRONZE ‘LANÇA CHARACTER’ INCENSE BURNER,
GUI
16th/17th century
The vessel, rising from a flared circular footrim to a slightly tapered
neck, the compressed globular body crisply cast with eight Tibetan
Lança script letters and flanked by a pair of loop handles issuing from
mythical beast heads.
22.8cm (9in) wide.
£30,000 - 50,000
CNY260,000 - 430,000
十六/十七世紀 銅梵文壓經爐
Compare a similar parcel-gilt ‘Lança’ incense burner, Hu Wenming
mark, late Ming dynasty, illustrated in Sydney L. Moss Ltd., Emperor,
Scholar, Artisan, Monk: The Creative Personality in Chinese Works of
Art, London, 1984, p.270, no.124.
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