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24 Cylindrical Zun-shaped Censer

with three cabriole legs and three bands of ribs and with bird and
scrolling floral decor

Qing dynasty, probably eighteenth century
Cast bronze with cast and cold-worked decoration, with induced surface
color, and with a cast thread-relief mark in standard-script (kaishu)
characters reading Da Ming Xuandenian zhi in a recessed rectangular
cartouche on the base
10.8 centimeter diameter
Provenance: Dr Sidney Smith, Cambridge, England
Clague Collection Number 249

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