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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART
ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
906
A GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH CENTURY
Of compressed form, the censer is raised on three short, tapering feet and
applied with two upright loop handles on the rim. The base of the censer is
cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark and the interior is cast with a sixteen-
character inscription incorporating an apocryphal Xuande date, reading Da
Ming Xuande wunian Jiandu Gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made by Wu
Bangzuo, supervisor of the Ministry of Works, in the 5th year of Xuande of the
Great Ming).
6 in. (15.2 cm.) across handles

$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts,
acquired prior to 1910.
斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
十七世紀 鎏金銅三足爐
《大明宣德五年工部監督官臣吳邦佐製》及《大明宣德年製》款
來源:
史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，入藏於1910年以前。

PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART
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907
A BRONZE BOTTLE VASE
17TH CENTURY
The slender neck is cast with a wide geometric band. The base is cast with an
inscription in seal script reading da ningchang chen Su Hanchen jian du Jiang
shi zhu Zhide tan yong, which may be translated as 'under the supervision of
Officer Su Hanchen at the Da Ning workshop, Madame Jiang cast [this item]
for the Zhide Altar.'
11æ in. (29.8 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts,
acquired prior to 1910.
斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
十七世紀 銅長頸瓶 《大寧廠臣蘇漢臣監督姜氏鑄至德壇用》款
來源:
史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，入藏於1910年以前。

907 (inscription) 907

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