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A BRONZE RECTANGULAR CENSER
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
the compressed bulging sides rising from four tall cylindrical
legs to a waisted neck and a wide anged rim, set with a pair
of upright loop handles, the base cast with an apocryphal four-
character Xuande seal mark
Height 6⅝ in., 16.1 cm
See a closely related censer of the same shape and bearing the
same mark, but with gilt-splashed decoration and a matching
stand, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 16th January 1989, lot
338.
$ 10,000-15,000
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A BRONZE CENSER
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
the cylindrical body resting on a short splayed foot, anked by
a pair of handles cast in the form of stylized halberds, the base
with a four-character seal mark reading Yutang qingwan (for
pure appreciation in the Jade Hall)
Width over handles 4½ in., 11.4 cm
$ 5,000-7,000
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A BRONZE CENSER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the compressed square-form body rising from four cabriole
legs to a waisted neck and a wide anged rim, set to the
shoulder with a pair of upright S-shaped handles, the base cast
with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark
Width over handles 5¾ in., 14.5 cm
$ 3,000-5,000
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