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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 'MYTHICAL
BEAST' CENSER AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
The censer is cast with a band of mythical beasts
galloping amongst waves, all above stylised
lappets to the raised foot. The sides are fanked
by a pair of animal-head handles. The reticulated
cover is decorated with two pairs of dragons and
phoenix amongst scrolling clouds, encircling a
coiled dragon-form fnial.
6æ in. (17.2 cm.) wide
£6,000-8,000 US$7,500-9,900
€6,800-9,000

明十七世紀 局部鎏金銅雙獸耳龍鳳
紋蓋爐

81

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
DR. FRIEDRICH HIRTH (1845-1927)
(LOTS 82 AND 111-115)

82
A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER
17TH CENTURY
The compressed globular censer is elegantly
cast with two loop handles to the shoulders, and
supported on a slightly splayed foot. The exterior
and the base are covered with splashes of gilt.
The base is cast in relief with an apocryphal six-
character Xuande mark.
7√ in.(20 cm.) wide across the handles.
£8,000-12,000 US$9,900-15,000
€9,100-14,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the late 19th-early 20th Century, and
thence by descent to the present owner.

82 明末清初 灑金銅爐

來源:
Friedrich Hirth (1845-1927)博士舊藏, 於十九世紀
末/二十世紀初購入,家族收藏至今

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