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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










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