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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTION
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A CARVED BAMBOO PINE
TREE-FORM BRUSH REST
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The gently arched brush rest is
naturalistically carved as arched pine
branches growing from a tree trunk bearing
pine boughs.
3 ¡ in. (8.6 cm.) wide, box
HK$40,000-60,000
US$5,200-7,700

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A BRONZE TWIN-HANDLED TRIPOD
CENSER
ZHIZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1341-1370)
The censer is cast with a compressed body which is
raised on three tapered legs. The rim is decorated
with a pair of upright loop handles that flank the
short neck and flat, everted rim. There are traces of
gilt decoration to the body. The base bears a cast
‘Zhizheng nian zao’ reign mark.
4 ƒ in. (11.5 cm.) wide
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000

Bronze censers from this time period are very
rare. Another known tripod censer of a different
design bearing a dedicatory inscription dating to
the Zhizheng period is found in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York, accession no.
2016.244 and was previously sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 3 December 2015, lot 455. A censer
in the form of a luduan also with an inscription
dating to the Zhizheng reign was sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 60.

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