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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘LUDUAN’ CENSER
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
The mythical beast is sturdily cast standing foursquare clutching a snake
which zigzags across its feet. Its detachable single-horned head is hinged
from the front and is cast with with bulging eyes and its teeth bared. Its body
is decorated with swirling scrolls highlighted in gilt and the details of its mane
are fnely incised.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
£12,000-15,000 $16,000-20,000
€14,000-17,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection in New York, handed down for three generations.
明萬曆 局部鎏金銅甪端香爐

來源:紐約私人珍藏,家傳三代至今

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