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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
GERMAN COLLECTOR, ACQUIRED
IN CHINA IN 1901 BY CURRENT
OWNER'S GRANDFATHER
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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER WITH A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER WITH A LARGE CAST BRONZE CENSER
SILVER WIRE INLAY ARABIC INSCRIPTIONS Xuande mark, 18th century
Shisou mark, Qing dynasty Xuande mark, late Qing dynasty Of graceful bombé form with thick walls
The silver wire inlay including archaistic Thickly cast with raised string bands raised on a tall spreading foot, a pair of
dragons on the handles that combine with accenting the wide rim and three cartouches handles in the shape of lion heads with open
whorl-patterned roundels in a row above a containing Arabic inscriptions upon a stippled jaws, the deeply recessed base bearing the
raised string band encircling the body and background encircling the bombé walls, the six-character mark in raised relief standard
a row of ruyi scepter heads below, cicada base supported on three low feet and bearing script within a rectangular reserve.
reserves outlined on each leg and each the six-character mark in raised relief against 14 3/4in (37.5cm) length across the handles
character in the three-character mark reading a stippled background of a rectangular
Shisou zuo appearing on a raised rib radiating reserve. US$3,000 - 5,000
from the center of the curving base to each 6 1/4in (16cm) diameter
leg, the inlay throughout in contrast to the
subdued brown surface patina. US$4,000 - 6,000
11 1/4in (28.5cm) height of bronze censer
14 1/2in (37cm) height including wood stand
and cover
US$3,000 - 5,000
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