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A BRONZE RECTANGULAR CENSER AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE
17TH-18TH CENTURY FIGURE OF GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The heavily-cast, straight-sided censer is raised on four low angular supports
and set with two angular loop handles. The base is cast with an apocryphal The graceful, standing fgure has a serene expression and holds an inverted
Xuande mark. amphora in the left hand. The goddess of Mercy wears a silver bead necklace
7 in. (17.8 cm.) across the handles, Japanese wood box and layered robes inlaid in silver wire with bats amidst clouds that drape
elegantly around the body and fare at the hem, and the hair is drawn up into a
topknot secured by a ruyi hair pin. A six-character mark, Xuande Shisou Wujin,
$6,000-8,000
is inlaid in silver wire on the back, and the base has an apocryphal cast Xuande
mark encircled by two dragons.
明末/清十八世紀 銅方斗爐
35 in. (88.9 cm.) high
$40,000-60,000
清 銅錯銀觀音立像

(mark)

(mark on back) (mark on base)

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