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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION 164

A LARGE BRONZE CENSER PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
17TH CENTURY
A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
heavily cast with compressed spherical sides rising from a 17TH CENTURY
slightly spreading foot to a ared rim, applied with two loop
handles on the side, covered in an even warm brown patina, the compressed globular body supported by three conical feet,
the base with an apocryphal four-character Xuande mark in with a pair of loop handles rising upright from the ared rim,
seal script the bronze patinated to a warm brown tone, the base cast with
35 cm, 13¾ in. a six-character apocryphal Xuande mark
£ 10,000-15,000 18 cm, 7 in.
HK$ 96,500-145,000 US$ 12,500-18,700 £ 2,000-3,000
HK$ 19,300-29,000 US$ 2,500-3,750
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AN INSCRIBED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

of compressed spherical form, rising from three cabriole legs
to a narrow waisted neck and at ribbed rim, the sides with
three scalloped cartouches in Arabic script, covered in an
even warm brown patina, the base with an apocryphal four-
character Xuande mark in seal script
14.5 cm, 5 in.
£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 58,000-77,500 US$ 7,500-10,000

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