Page 102 - Christie's London Fine Chinese Ceramics Nov. 2019

PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
86
AN UNUSUAL MASSIVE 'FOREIGNERS' BRONZE CENSER
17TH CENTURY
The rectangular censer has loop ring handles to either end that are held by two fnely cast bearded,
barefoot foreigners with curly, coifed hair, dressed in loose-ftting trousers. They are cast leaning back on
ther heels, their toes slightly raised of the ground, their facial features fnely detailed.
25Ω in. (65 cm.) wide
£20,000-30,000 US$25,000-37,000
€23,000-34,000
The foreigners are readily identifable by their clothes and distinctive facial features. Foreigners were
often represented in Chinese art during the 17th and 18th centuries refecting a fascination with all
things foreign at this time. A hand scroll in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrates many
fgures described as being from the West whose attributes are discussed in both Chinese and Manchu.
See Splendors of a Flourishing Age, Macau, 1999, no. 42. The present lot may be compared with a similar
'foreigners' censer sold at Christie's New York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 925.

明末清初 銅胡人雙耳方爐
來源:
歐洲私人珍藏

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