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AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE IMPERIAL
LARGE REPOUSSE PARCEL-GILT SILVER
CENSER

YUYONGJIAN ZAO MARK, DATED WANLI RENWU YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1582 AND OF THE PERIOD

This silver censer, with an interior copper lining, is of circular shape, mark
finely cast and partially gilt with a compressed body supported on
a slightly splayed foot with a pair of dragon-head handles modelled
around the body of the censer. The exterior is densely covered
with a wide band of repoussé designs of multiple scenes depicting
various Buddhist allegories. The neck is delicately decorated with
a band of lotus blooms borne on undulating scrolls, and the foot
with tumultuous waves. The base is incised with a viśvavajra and is
surrounded by the inscription, Da Ming Wanli renwu nian yuyongjian
zao yinzhong yibai ershiwu liang liu qian’ ([It is] made in the cyclical
renwu year by the Directorate for Palace Accoutrements. The silver
measures one hundred and twenty-five liang plus six qian [4684.82
grams] in total weight).
15 —/”ÿ in. (39.5 cm.) wide, box, 4717g

HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000

明萬曆壬午年 （1582年）
御用監造局部鎏金銀錘胎經變圖簋式爐
《萬壽寺大明萬曆壬午年御用監造銀重壹佰貳拾伍兩陸錢》款

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