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Lot 114 in-situ, circa 1900
本拍品在藏家祖父母漢堡住所客廳，約1900年

114
A VERY RARE AND LARGE IMPERIAL BRONZE INCENSE
BURNER, CHAOGUANLU
Yongzheng six-character mark and Jing Zhi two-character mark
and of the period
The globular body finely cast in relief with three elaborate taotie masks
above a band of stylised cicada blades, the neck with a symmetrical
group of kui-dragons, all reserved against a square-spiral leiwen
ground, supported on three sturdy cabriole legs issuing from stylised
animal masks, the base bearing the six-character reign mark in relief,
with an additional jing zhi (Respectfully Made) horizontal two-character
mark on the broad mouth rim, wood stand.
56cm (22in) high (2).

Estimate on request
清雍正 仿古夔龍獸面紋銅朝冠爐
陽文「大清雍正年製」、「敬製」楷書款

Provenance:
A German private collection, Hamburg, acquired at the end of the
19th century, and thence by descent.

來源：
德國漢堡私人舊藏，於十九世紀晚期由藏家祖父母獲得，並由家族繼承

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