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A BRONZE ‘CHILONG’ CENSER
AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
of rectangular section, the ! aring sides supported
on four animal-mask feet and ! anked by a pair
of mythical-beast handles, cast to the sides in
relief with rectangular panels enclosing dragons
writhing amid dense ruyi-shaped clouds, the
reticulated cover similarly decorated, surmounted
by a square $ nial encircled by a band of keyfret
and upright lappets, the top pierced with a
single dragon among clouds, the base with an
apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within a
recessed cartouche (2)
Height 7⅛ in., 18.2
Compare a similar censer and cover, decorated
with mythical beasts, with a matching stand, sold
in our London rooms, 16th May 2012, lot 154;
and one without the stand sold in these rooms,
21st September 2006, lot 231; another sold at
Christie’s London, 1st November 1982, lot 99.
See also a censer without the cover sold in these
rooms, 26th February 1983, lot 326.
$ 20,000-30,000
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AN INSCRIBED BRONZE CENSER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the compressed globular body rising from a
splayed foot to a waisted neck, ! anked by a
pair of mythical-mask-and-loop handles, cast in
low relief to one side with $ ve lança characters,
the other side with three highly stylized lança
characters, the base with an apocryphal six-
character Xuande mark
Width 7½ in., 19 cm
$ 15,000-25,000
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