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A FINE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE A LARGE BRONZE ‘CHILONG’ INCENSE A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER,
TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, LIDING BURNER AND COVER LIDING
Xuande six-character mark, 18th/19th century Qingtong xuan zhi mark, Kangxi/Yongzheng Qian Qing Gong and Xuande four-character
Of compressed globular form subtly divided to Heavily cast, of compressed oval form mark, Qing Dynasty
three lobes supported on three tapered legs, supported on three feet, flanked by a pair of Of compressed globular three lobed form,
rising to the short neck and wide flattened chilong handles, with further two dragons supported on three lug feet each cast on
rim, set with a pair of rope-twist U shaped clambering on each side, below the shoulders their bottom with the mark Qian Qing Gong
handles, the body with a warm brown patina cast with lotus lappets, surmounted by a (‘Palace of Heavenly Purity’) around a coiled
and irregular gold splashes, the base with a reticulated cover cast with a pair of high relief dragon, the body with wide oval shaped
six-character Xuande mark. dragons amidst cloud scrolls reaching towards cartouches below the short neck and everted
22cm (8 5/8in) wide. a single dragon forming the finial, the base rim cast with a four-character Xuande mark,
cast with the mark which may be translated as set with a pair of U-shaped rope-twist
‘Made for the Pavilion of Qingtong’. handles, 11.5cm (4 1/2in) wide; together
£3,000 - 5,000 40cm (15 6/8in) wide (2). with a bronze tripod incense burner, ding, of
CNY26,000 - 44,000 compressed globular form rising from three
£4,000 - 6,000 lug feet to slightly everted raised shoulders,
十八/十九世紀 銅灑金沖耳爐 CNY35,000 - 53,000 short neck and flattened everted rim set with
「大明宣德年製」楷書鑄款 a pair of U shaped handles, the base with a
清康熙/雍正 銅飾螭龍大香薰 six-character Xuande mark, Qing dynasty.
Provenance: a Spanish private collection, 「青桐軒製」篆書鑄款 18.5cm (7 1/2in) wide (2).
and thence by descent
Provenance: a Spanish private collection, £2,500 - 3,500
來源：西班牙私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今 and thence by descent CNY22,000 - 31,000
清 銅沖耳爐 一組兩件
See a related gilt-splashed incense burner, 來源：西班牙私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今 較小者器身「宣德年製」楷書鑄款，三足底
17th/ early 18th century, but cast with 鑄「乾」、「清」、「宮」楷書陽文；
dragons on each lobe, which was sold at Qingtong is a pseudonym of Jiang Tingxi (1669- 較大者「大明宣德年製」楷書鑄款
Christie’s New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1430. 1732), official painter and grand secretary to the
Compare also a gold-splashed bronze tripod Imperial court, and editor of the 5,020 volume Provenance: a Spanish private collection,
incense burner, 18th century, which was sold encyclopaedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng. He was and thence by descent
at Christie’s South Kensington, 11 June 2004, born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. 來源：西班牙私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今
lot 282.
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