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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE
MYTHICAL BEAST-FORM
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY MIRROR STAND
The compressed globular body applied YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
with two loop handles standing on three
conical feet. The base of the censer is cast Modelled as a recumbent single-horned beast
with an apocryphal Xuande four-character with its head turned back, its spine supporting
seal mark. a mirror stand in the form of a cresent-shaped
6Ω in. (16.6 cm.) wide moon above a cloud cluster.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) long, box
HK$100,000-150,000
US$13,000-19,000 HK$120,000-180,000
US$16,000-23,000
清十八世紀 銅環耳三足爐
A very similar example dating to the Song or Yuan
186 (mark) dynasty is in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Collection and illustrated in the front cover of Later
154 Chinese Bronzes by Rose Kerr, London, 1990, pl. 87.
元 局部鎏金銅犀牛望月鏡架
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