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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION PROVENANCE
1439 Roger Keverne Ltd., London.
A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER EXHIBITED
17TH CENTURY
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics,
The bombé body is raised on three sturdy cabriole legs issuing from London, Summer 2012, no. 14.
lion masks and is decorated around the waisted neck with a frieze
of leiwen pattern, fanked by a pair of upright S-curved handles. The 明末清初 銅鼎式爐
domed cover is surmounted by a fgure of Budai leaning on a cloth
bag, with a hollow, globular jar before him.
19æ in. (50.2 cm.) high, wood stand
$15,000-25,000
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