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AN UNUSUAL GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID RECTANGULAR TWO-HANDLED ‘ELEPHANT’ CENSER, FANGDING
18TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID RECTANGULAR TWO-HANDLED ‘ELEPHANT’ CENSER, FANGDING
18TH CENTURY
The censer is raised on four elephant-head legs embellished with turquoise and coral beads, and has a pair of elephant-head handles. The sides are intricately inlaid in gold and silver with a band of archaistic confronting birds above a band of vertical blades. The base is cast with a six-character mark reading Xingpu Zhai qingzheng zhuren, which can be translated as 'Master of Xing Pu Hall'.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide, cloth box
18TH CENTURY
The censer is raised on four elephant-head legs embellished with turquoise and coral beads, and has a pair of elephant-head handles. The sides are intricately inlaid in gold and silver with a band of archaistic confronting birds above a band of vertical blades. The base is cast with a six-character mark reading Xingpu Zhai qingzheng zhuren, which can be translated as 'Master of Xing Pu Hall'.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide, cloth box
Sale room notice
Please note that this lot contains material from endangered species which could result in export restrictions.