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A cast bronze censer An inlaid silver and turquoise bronze censer, dui
17th/18th century Song/Ming dynasty
Of bombé form, the low-set belly tapering gracefully inward to an Lacking its cover, the lower half-spherical body elegantly cast and
everted rim and set with two lion-mask handles to either side, cast inlaid at the base with four whorl patterns surrounding a square
with a sixteen character kaishu inscription reading Da Ming Xuande field under alternating bands of c-comma hooked lozenges and
wunian jiandugo bu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (made in the fifth year c-shaped brackets all under an elaborate saw-tooth band of spiral and
of Xuande by the Board of Works under Wu Bangzuo) on the inside of c-comma volutes, the surfaces all inlaid with turquoise and silver and
the concave base. set off by hooked ring handles and tripod supports, now with carved
2 3/4in (7cm) high wood domed cover mounted with a jade finial.
6 1/16in (15.4cm) diameter 5 3/4in (14.7cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000 6 3/4in (17.2cm) diameter
$8,000 - 12,000
For vessels with this sixteen character seal, see Later Chinese
Bronzes: a special exhibition of 14th to 18th century examples, 16-19 7099
May 1984, presented by Michael Eveleigh and Brian Harkins, no. 34 An unusual cast bronze censer
(a pair of candlesticks); Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes 17th century
from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3415; The cylindrical vessel cast in low relief with outlines of celestial figures
and Chinese Incense Burners from the Collection of Stephen Hung and constellations under the headings of seminal historical classics
and Lindy Chern, 2000, pl. 150. named in a reserve above: Chunqiu, Yijing, Shijing, Shiji; the convex
cover pierced with a wanzi-character.
5 5/8in (14.4cm) high
6in (15.3cm) diameter
$5,000 - 7,000
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