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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE CENSER
17TH CENTURY
The censer is heavily cast with a band of mythical sea-creatures frolicking in
waves, between two Buddhist-lion-form handles. The base is inscribed with
an apocryphal Xuande seal mark reserved on a textured ground.
8æ in. wide (22.2 cm.) across handles, bronze stand, Japanese wood box
$8,000-10,000
十七世紀 銅獅耳爐
(mark)
(another view)
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