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A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE HALBERD- 清十七至十八世紀 銅灑金戟耳三足爐
HANDLED TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER 《宣德年製》仿款
QING DYNASTY, 17TH – 18TH CENTURY
with a rounded lower body rising to a waisted neck flanked
by a pair of handles cast in the form of stylised halberd, all
supported on three tapering feet, the base with a recessed
cartouche enclosing an apocryphal four-character Xuande
mark, the bronze patinated to a warm copper-brown colour
and liberally applied with gold splashes
23 cm, 9⅛ in.

HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,200-15,300

Another bronze incense burner cast with stylised halberd
handles was sold in these rooms, 8th October 2014, lot
3304, from the collection of Ulrich Hausmann. See also a
prototype of related form, illustrated in the Xuande yiqi tupu
[Illustrated catalogue of the ritual vessels of the Xuande
period], Beijing, 2006, p. 246.

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