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Lot 625

A RARE GILT- SPL ASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND STAND, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD

A RARE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND STAND
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
十七 / 十八世紀 銅灑金螭龍耳三足爐連座 《宣德年製》仿款

the compressed globular body supported on three conical feet, set to the shoulder with a pair of chilong handles, the single-
horned beasts each modeled with an upturned snout, protruding eyes, thick brows and powerful claws clambering over the rim, its
arched body extending to a long bifurcated tail curled over the sides, decorated overall with irregular splashes of gilt, cast to the
underside with an apocryphal four-character Xuande seal mark, the matching tripod stand in the form of a mallow flower with
overlapping petals raised on three ruyi-shaped feet, similarly blotted with gilt splashes (2)

Width 9⅞ in., 25.1 cm

Provenance
Collection of Wilfrid White, acquired prior to 1932, and thence by descent.

來源
Wilfrid White 收藏，得於1932年之前，此後家族傳承

Catalogue Note
Remarkable for the fine casting quality and the rich gilt-splashed decoration, bronze censers of this type are rare, and only a small
group of examples appear to be recorded, including a very similar censer with its matching stand, from the collection of Philip
Wood, sold at Christie's New York, 26th March 2010, lot 1324; another sold in these rooms, 23rd March 1999, lot 318; and the third

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