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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER openwork in the central tier surrounding dragon- 1975, lot 37, and again in the same rooms, 11th
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH lled rectangular medallions, and again on the December 1990, lot 46. A related censer, but with
CENTURY ‘squirrel and grape’ motif executed in cloisonné,
openwork domed cover, the borders throughout is in the collection of the National Museum of
of square section comprising three separate with kuilong or keyfret, the cover surmounted by China, Beijing.
tiers, supported on four C-curved legs in the form a large openwork dragon-form knob, the base
of dragon- sh, their ns and horns framing the cast with an apocryphal four-character Xuande $ 30,000-50,000
lower corners of the bombé body embellished on mark (3)
each side with a gilt quatrelobed cartouche lled Height 16 in., 40.7 cm
with auspicious characters and scrolling lotus
in relief, the decoration repeated on the wide A gilt-bronze censer of the same type, attributed
horizontal ange, the same motif rendered in to the Kangxi period, from the collection of
I.W. Scott, sold in our London rooms, 3rd June
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