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A RARE GILT-FLECKED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND STAND
17th/18th century
Heavily cast with a compressed globular body surmounted by a Censers with this type of bright flecked golden tone are rare. A
short neck encircled with a narrow channel and a broad lipped similar example without its original stand, dated Late Ming/Early Qing
rim, all supported on three short tubular waisted feet, the base dynasty from the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection was sold
cast with an apocryphal four-character Xuande seal mark within a at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 130.
recessed rectangle, the stand cast to resemble a mallow flower with
overlapping petals supported on three ruyi-form feet, the surfaces Other similar examples have sold at Sotheby’s, London, 12 March
highlighted with gold speckles. 1982, lot 141; and Christie’s, London, 14 to 16 December 1988,
7 1/8in (18cm) diameter, 13.5lbs (6.12kg) lot 330.
$10,000 - 12,000

十七/十八世紀 灑金銅三足鬲式爐連座

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