Lot Essay
A related gilt-splash example of this form and date was included in the exhibition, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, 1986, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 229.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE 'ALMS-BOWL' FORM CENSER
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Details
A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE 'ALMS-BOWL' FORM CENSER
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Thickly cast with a compressed globular body, splashed overall with gold, the base with an apocryphal two-character
Xuande sealmark
5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.) across body
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Thickly cast with a compressed globular body, splashed overall with gold, the base with an apocryphal two-character
Xuande sealmark
5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.) across body
Provenance
Previously sold at Sotheby's London, 13 July 2005, lot 191
Brought to you by
Aster Ng
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