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A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, GUI The shape of the present incense burner appears to have been
Xuande four-character mark, Qing Dynasty directly inspired by a ritual bronze food vessel, gui, employed to
Of bombé form decorated with a stylised ruyi band beneath a waisted present sacrificial offerings to the ancestors during the Shang and
neck decorated with a twisted-rope pattern, the sides with a pair of Zhou dynasties.
s-shaped handles beneath a channelled mouthrim, decorated overall
with irregular gold splashes. Compare with two related gold-splashed bronze incense burners,
10cm (4in) wide. gui, 17th century, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated
by C.K.Chen, A Special Exhibition of Incense Burner and Perfumers
£2,000 - 3,000 Throughout the Dynasties, Taipei, 1994, pp.196-197, nos.51 and 52.
CNY18,000 - 27,000
爐型仿商周時期重要禮器簋。對比台北國立故宮博物院館藏兩例十七
世紀銅灑金簋式爐，收錄於陳擎光著，《故宮歷代香具圖錄》，
清 銅灑金簋式爐 台北，1994年，頁196-197，編號51與52。
「宣德年製」楷書橫款

Provenance:
Sotheby’s London, 13 May 2009, lot 239 (part lot)
An important European private collection

來源：
倫敦蘇富比，2009年5月13日，拍品編號239（部分）
歐洲重要私人收藏

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