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A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE DRAGON- 十六至十七世紀 銅灑金雙龍耳三足爐
HANDLED INCENSE BURNER 《宣德》仿款
16TH – 17TH CENTURY
來源：
with an ovoid body rising from three cabriole legs to a raised
shoulder and constricted straight rim, the sides flanked by 倫敦佳士得1978年10月12日，編號167
a pair of handles, each skilfully cast in the form of a scaly 倫敦邦瀚斯1982年6月16日，編號13
dragon clambering on the shoulder of the vessel with the
long tail extending across the exterior, the flat base centred
with an apocryphal two-character Xuande seal mark, the
exterior liberally decorated overall save for the mark with
gold splashes
24.1 cm, 9½ in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 12th October 1978, lot 167.
Bonhams London, 16th June 1982, lot 13.

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

The articulation of the dragons on the handles of this late
Ming incense burner closely relates to the dragons on an
ungilt incense burner from the collection of Robert Kresko,
powerfully cast all over with dragons, sold in these rooms,
27th October 1992, lot 192, and illustrated in Philip K. Hu,
Later Chinese Bronzes – The Saint Louis Art Museum and
Robert Kresko Collections, St. Louis, 2008, cat. no. 24.

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