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A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY
Cast as a lion-like beast with its head turned to sinister and raised, baring its teeth, the reticulated cover
decorated with formal scrolls above a band of key fret, the caparison cast in relief with lotus scrolls, the body
inset with coral and turquoise-coloured beads, 33cm high, 35cm across, 2kg. (2)
£15,000-20,000
Provenance: from an Asian private collection.
Cf. Sotheby’s London, ‘Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection’, 12th June 2003, lot 83 for a related example;
see also Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th October 2014, lot 3357 for another comparable piece.
清 銅瑞獸香薰
來源：亞洲私人收藏。
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