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936 A LARGE DATED BRONZE TRIPOD 清道光九年ǭ銅橋耳Ӳ足連座‐
CENSER AND STAND
DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1829 Ϝ源
藍理捷
紐約
編號
The heavily cast, compressed body is raised on three feet and set
with a pair of loop handles, with incised inscriptions on two sides.
The stand is cast in the form of overlapping lily pads surrounding
a ‘cash’ medallion in openwork and is supported on three ruyi-
shaped feet. Both the censer and the stand have an attractive,
mottled olive-brown and green patina.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) across handles
$18,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4364.

The inscription on one side of this incense burner is a cyclical date, An 18th-century bronze censer and stand of this form, decorated
Daoguang jiu nian meng dong ji ri li (made on an auspicious day in with gold splashes and with an apocryphal Xuande reign mark
the winter of the ninth year of Daoguang), corresponding to 1829. on the base of the censer, is illustrated by P. Hu in Later Chinese
The other inscription notes that the incense burner is respectfully Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collections,
offered by “disciple Zeng Longchang.” Saint Louis, 2008, pp. 137-141, no. 28.

This classic form of incense burner first appears in the early Ming
dynasty and continues in wide use at the court, in temple halls
and in the scholar’s studio throughout the Qing dynasty. It is rare
to find an example such as the present censer, which retains its
original stand and is dated by an inscription.

(inscriptions)

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