LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Of compressed globular form, the censer is raised on three short splayed feet, with the rouded sides set with a pair of stylised phoenix-form handles rising to a short waisted neck and everted lip. The base is cast with a four-character mark reading Yutang qingwan, 'For pure pleasure of the Jade Hall'.
3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Nicholas Grindley, Nicholas Grindley, 2005

Literature

Nicholas Grindley, Nicholas Grindley, 2005, no. 2.

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Lot Essay

For bronze vessels bearing the same mark as the present example, compare to a waterpot in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Small Refined Articles of the Study, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2009, pp. 7, no. 3, and a similar waterpot from the Blumenfield Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1259.

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