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Provenance: From a British private estate.
condition: The black lacquer coating is strongly worn with some areas
revealing the naked bronze especially to the edges. There are areas of
extensive erosion as well as dents and nicks all over, some soiling, and
verdigris to the interior. Minor casting flaws.

Weight: 4.8 kg
Dimensions: Height 11.5 cm
With an associated wood base dating from ca. 1900 and bearing several
manually inscribed collectors’ notes on paper, written in German. (2)
Auction result comparison: Compare with a different censer, but bearing
the same mark, at Lyon & Turnbull, London, June 16th 2015, lot 471, sold
for GBP £7,500.

雙耳銅爐，清代
中國，十七世紀末至十九世紀。球狀爐體，圈足外撇，兩側一對環形耳。 爐底印
製“大清康熙年制燕台施氏精造”。
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A heAVIly cAsT bRONZe ceNseR, QINg dyNAsTy 來源：英國私人遺產.
品相：黑色漆塗層局部強烈磨損，尤其是邊緣露出了原銅色。有廣泛的侵蝕區域，到
處都是凹痕和刻痕，內部有些污垢和銅綠。輕微鑄造缺陷。
China, late 17th-19th century. The compressed globular body rising 重量：4.8 公斤
from a short spreading foot to an everted rim, set at the shoulder with 尺寸：重量11.5 厘米
a pair of loop handles. The underside with a seal mark cast in low relief
within a horizontal, rectangular reserve, reading: “da Qing Kangxi nian estimate euR 1.200,-
zhi yan tai shi shi jing zao”. Starting price EUr 600,-

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