A bronze tripod censer with wooden cover

拍品描述

Period 18th century, six-character Xuande mark Description The censer of fine grey tone, with a later reticulated wooden lid with a soapstone finial in the form of lingzhi fungus. Dimensions D 13 cm, H (without lid) 5.4 cm (H with lid 11.5 cm). Weight: 770 gr. Literature Ref: Compare with a censer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Object Number: 1975.1.1427), illustrated in The Robert Lehman Collection, Volume XV: European and Asian Decorative Arts, p. 365, no. 372. Also compare with a censer sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 07 October 2014, lot 3374.

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