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A BRONZE HANDLED CENSER
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
heavily cast with the bombé body rising from a
slightly splayed foot to a ! ared mouth, ! anked
by a pair of loop handles each set with a small
tab, the surface patinated to a reddish-bronze
color, the base crisply cast with an apocryphal
two-character Xuande seal mark in a recessed
cartouche
Width 6⅜ in., 16.2 cm
$ 3,000-5,000
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A BRONZE HANDLED CENSER AND
COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the globular body rising from a splayed foot
to a waisted neck and a slightly everted rim,
the shoulder set with a pair of mythical-beast-
mask-and-loop handles, the sides cast with a
continuous band of confronting kuilong centered
by shou characters, all reserved on a keyfret
ground, the domed cover pierced with archaistic
angular kuilong, surmounted by a conical $ nial
encircled by a band of keyfret, the top with a
reticulated coin motif, the base inscribed with an
apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within a
recessed rectangular cartouche (2)
Width 6¼ in., 15.9 cm
$ 12,000-15,000
635
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