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A PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE
‘ELEPHANT’ CENSERS
MING DYNASTY
each cast in mirror image as a recumbent
caparisoned elephant supported on four folded
legs, the turned head framed by uttering ears,
the trunk and tusks sweeping to one side, the
large aperture in the saddle set with a cover in
the form of a fruiting ‘Buddha’s hand’ citron tree
growing from a jardinière howdah, the patina dark
chocolate-brown, wood stands (6)
Height 24¼ in., 61.5 cm
PROVENANCE
O ered at Sotheby’s New York, 15th September
1999, lot 59.
$ 20,000-30,000
1999 9 15 59
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