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134 | BONHAMS A GILT BRONZE FOOTED CENSER
18th/19th century
Of likely Japanese manufacture, but made for the Chinese market, the
long sides of the rectangular container cast with opposing gilt panels
of a lion and diminutive human figures amid birds and branches, each
raised on a minutely pounced ground framed with a dark shakudo
(Ch: chitong) finish that covers the side walls as the ground for incised
figures and landscape elements picked out in gilt, the archaistic flavor
of the container further enhanced by gilt flanges projecting at the
corners with serrated edges that recur on the separately cast legs, the
flaring handles also separately cast and gilt; replacement wood cover.
6in (15.2cm) length over handles

US$12,000 - 18,000

Related to the Dutch pronunciation of the Japanese word 'Shakudo,'
decorative bronzes of this engaging type are usually called 'Sawasa
wares.' For further discussion of the group, see the similar but more
elaborately constructed rectangular censer and cover offered in these
rooms on 28 June 2016, sale 23416, as lot 8160.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTOR,
ACQUIRED IN CHINA IN 1901 BY CURRENT OWNER'S
GRANDFATHER

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A PAIR OF PARCEL GILT BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASES
Ming dynasty
Each of rectangular-sectioned baluster form with ogival rings hanging
from animal head and loop handles, leiwen and ax-head patterns cast
into the walls of the body with projecting flanges at the corners, the
surfaces showing remains of gilt wash.
10 1/4in (26cm) high

US$1,000 - 1,500