Page 17 - Chinese Art Auction April 25, 2020 2020 Galerie Zacke

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A heAVIly cAsT bRONZe TRIPOd ceNseR,
MINg dyNAsTy

China, 1368-1644. The censer with a compressed globular body
raised on three legs issuing from the mouths of horned mythical
beasts and a pair of pierced s-shaped handles that flank the neck
and flat, everted rim. The neck is finely incised with a circumferential
leiwen pattern.

Provenance: English private collection.
condition: Fair condition with minor wear, casting flaws, a ding to the
body, the feet with recesses revealing slag from the casting procedure.
Verdigris on the interior and the underside. Minimal losses, some nicks
to edges. A piercing to the base has been closed with a metal plate. The
handles are detachable and fixed with small modern wood pegs.
Weight: 5.4 kg
Dimensions: Diameter 30 cm handle to handle

The base is incised with a Chinese inscription which is partly illegible.
AucTION ResulT
cOMPARIsON
Compare with a related censer sold at
Sotheby’s New york in Important Chinese
Art on 12 September 2018, lot 300, for USD
$25,000 incl. buyer’s premium.

銅獸面紋朝冠耳三足爐，明代
中國，1368-1644。香爐鼓腹，獸面三足，一對朝冠耳位於頸部。頸部雷紋裝飾帶。
來源：英國私人收藏
品相：品相良好，輕微磨損，鑄造缺陷。腳掌上有凹槽，露出了鑄造過程中產生的爐
渣。 內部和底下有銅綠。 輕微缺損，邊緣有些划痕。 底座的穿孔已用金屬板封閉。
手柄是可拆卸的，並用小型現代木釘固定。
重量：5.4 公斤
尺寸：耳至耳直徑 30 厘米
拍賣成果比較：一件相似三足爐2018年9月12日于紐約蘇富比《重要中國藝術》，拍
號300，成交價USD $25,000 含買家佣金。
estimate euR 800,-
Starting price EUr 400,-

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yuAN TO MINg
China, 1279-1644. The censer with a compressed globular body
raised on three legs and a pair of pierced s-shaped handles that flank
the short neck and flat, everted rim. The neck is finely incised with a
circumferential leiwen band.

Provenance: From the collection of
Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by
descent in the same family. Weifert was
a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the
first governor of the Federal Bank of the
Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
condition: Good condition with old wear
and traces of use, some casting flaws, a
ding to the body, the feet with recesses
revealing slag from the casting procedure. Georg Weifert (1850-1937)
Weight: 4.1 kg
Dimensions: Diameter 35.3 cm handle to handle

銅朝冠耳三足爐，元至明代
中國，1279-1644。香爐三足，球形爐體，短頸和平坦的外翻邊緣兩側飾有一對朝冠
耳。 頸部一個環繞的雷紋裝飾帶。
來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維
亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相：狀況良好，老磨損與使用痕跡，一些鑄造缺陷，腳掌上有凹槽，露出了鑄造過
程中產生的渣滓。
重量：4.1 公斤
尺寸：耳至耳直徑 35.3 厘米
estimate euR 600,-
Starting price EUr 300,-

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