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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HUDSON VALLEY COLLECTION
A BRONZE ELEPHANT-FORM CENSER AND COVER
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Details
A BRONZE ELEPHANT-FORM CENSER AND COVER
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The censer is heavily cast as a recumbent elephant with head turned to one side and trunk raised, its back fitted with a pierced cover surmounted by the figure of a foreigner lounging against a hollow, faceted hu.
10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The censer is heavily cast as a recumbent elephant with head turned to one side and trunk raised, its back fitted with a pierced cover surmounted by the figure of a foreigner lounging against a hollow, faceted hu.
10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's New York, 1 December 1983, lot 762.