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A LARGE AND RARE DOCUMENTARY PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 來源：
RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, FANGDING 據傳為德大使Max Mueller先生舊藏，約於1905年購自上海
Cyclically dated to Jiajing Guichou year, corresponding to 1553 and of 2001至2006年期間借展予柏林東亞藝術博物館
the period 2007年5月16日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品47號
Of square archaistic form supported on four tall legs issuing from lion 顯貴歐洲私人收藏
heads and flanked by a pair of upright S-shaped handles, cast to each
side of the body with an archaistic taotie mask detailed with boss 著錄及出版：
eyes reserved on a dense leiwen ground, separated by flanges to the M.Ricci著，《Europa am Hofe der Ming》，柏林東亞藝術博物
corners, raising to the waisted neck decorated with a band enclosing 館，2005年，編號136
archaistic phoenixes, the cover surmounted by a seated Buddhist lion
resting its right front paw on a beribboned brocade ball. The inscription on the shoulder of the vessel reads:
50.2cm (19 3/4in) high (2).
「明嘉靖癸丑寧寶呂氏命工造於淮安府署」
£40,000 - 60,000
CNY360,000 - 540,000 which may be translated as:

‘In the Guichou year (corresponding to 1553) of the Jiajing reign of
明嘉靖 癸丑年（公元1553年） 局部鎏金銅仿古饕餮紋方鼎式蓋爐 the Ming dynasty, made by order of the Lü family of Lingbao in the
「明嘉靖癸丑寧寶呂氏命工造於淮安府署」楷書鑄款 government offices of Huai’an.’

Provenance: Compare with a related archaistic incense burner and cover, fangding,
Collection of Ambassador Max Mueller, purchased in Shanghai Song dynasty or later, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, of similar
circa 1905, by repute form surmounted by a Buddhist lion but decorated with archaistic
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, on loan, Berlin 2001-2006 phoenix motifs, (acc.no. zhong-tong-000564-N000000000).
Sotheby’s London, 16 May 2007, lot 47
A distinguished European private collection

Published and Illustrated:
M.Ricci, Europa am Hofe der Ming, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst,
Berlin, 2005, cat.no.136

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