CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE

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BRULE-PARFUM TRIPODE EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE
De forme ovoïde, orné à l'extérieur de trois cartouches comprenant des inscriptions dorées arabes qui constituent la confession de foi musulmane, marque à six caractères de l'Empereur Xuande dans un cartouche à la base
Diamètre: 14 cm. (5½ in.)

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AN ARABIC INSCRIBED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Ming bronze censers with Arabic inscriptions are discussed by John Craswell in Blue and White. Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World, Chicago 1985, pp.95-97, where a Xuande bronze censer, from the Field Museum is illustrated ibid., pl.39, together with a Dehua censer of related design ibid., pl.40, and two blue and white censers with Arabic inscriptions and Zhengde reign marks ibid., pls. 37 and 38

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