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LATER BRONZES
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The compressed globular censer stands on three truncated conical supports and is cast on the flaring rim with a pair of wide upright loop handles, the golden-brown metal dappled with gilt splashes of varying sizes, the base cast with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within a rectangle, the reticulated wood cover with a white jade finial carved as a boy
8 in. (20.4 cm.) across the handles
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The compressed globular censer stands on three truncated conical supports and is cast on the flaring rim with a pair of wide upright loop handles, the golden-brown metal dappled with gilt splashes of varying sizes, the base cast with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within a rectangle, the reticulated wood cover with a white jade finial carved as a boy
8 in. (20.4 cm.) across the handles