Lot Essay
Compare the censer sold in these rooms, December 2, 1993, lot 113
LATER BRONZES
A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BOMBÉ TRIPOD CENSER AND STAND
Details
A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BOMBÉ TRIPOD CENSER AND STAND
XUANDE FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK CAST WITHIN A RECTANGLE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The thick-walled vessel raised on three truncated conical supports and set with a pair of faceted loop handles with projecting tabs below the flat rim, the stand cast as three large overlapping lotus leaves radiating outward from a central knop in the concave center, raised on three trefoil supports, both pieces with an olive patina liberally splashed with gold
9in. (23cm.) across handles
XUANDE FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK CAST WITHIN A RECTANGLE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The thick-walled vessel raised on three truncated conical supports and set with a pair of faceted loop handles with projecting tabs below the flat rim, the stand cast as three large overlapping lotus leaves radiating outward from a central knop in the concave center, raised on three trefoil supports, both pieces with an olive patina liberally splashed with gold
9in. (23cm.) across handles
Provenance
Joseph Seo, Oriental Art Gallery, March, 1965
Stephen Junkunc, III
Stephen Junkunc, III