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935 A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER 清十八世紀ǭ銅冲耳Ա足連座‐
AND STAND
18TH CENTURY Ϝ源
年 月入藏於香港
Of compressed form, the censer is raised on three short tapering
水松⒢山房莫士撝Ⅷ藏
feet and is cast with two upright loop handles on the rim, and the
base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark. The stand is shaped )FEEB BOE -VU[ 'SBO[֖儷Ⅷ藏
香港
編號
as a mallow flower with three ruyi-form feet. Both the censer and 藍理捷
紐約
編號Y
the stand have a rich reddish-brown patina suffused with very fine 展覽
gilt speckling. 紐約
藍理捷
「雅ㅳ：中國文՞藝ワ 」
年 月 日
7º in. (18.4 cm.) wide ֨ḛ
藍理捷
《雅ㅳ：中國文՞藝ワ》
紐約
年
編號
$50,000-70,000
PROVENANCE:
The very fine gilt speckling throughout the reddish-brown
Acquired in Hong Kong, October 1981. patina on this censer is traditionally referred to as ‘golden rain’
Hugh Moss, Shuisongshi Shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone or ‘golden mist’.
Retreat) Collection.
The Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection, Hong Kong, no. 1274.
It is rare to find a bronze censer with upright handles raised on
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. x2616.
a petal-form stand, however, a gilt-splashed example dated to
EXHIBITED: the Kangxi-Qianlong period (1662-1795) was included in the
New York, J. J. & Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese exhibition, Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum
Literati, 13-27 March 2020. and Robert E. Kresko Collections, Saint Louis, 2008, p. 137, no. 28.
Another Xuande-marked incense burner and stand of this form,
LITERATURE:
J. J. Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, decorated with gold splashes, is illustrated by G. Tsang and H.
Moss in Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, pp. 150-
New York, 2020, no. 1.
51, no. 123, where the authors provide a lengthy discussion of the
history of this type of bronze incense burner.

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