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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
A GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH CENTURY
Details
A GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH CENTURY
Of compressed form, the censer is raised on three short, tapering feet and applied with two upright loop handles on the rim. The base of the censer is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark and the interior is cast with a sixteen-character inscription incorporating an apocryphal Xuande date, reading Da Ming Xuande wunian Jiandu Gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made by Wu Bangzuo, supervisor of the Ministry of Works, in the 5th year of Xuande of the Great Ming).
6 in. (15.2 cm.) across handles
17TH CENTURY
Of compressed form, the censer is raised on three short, tapering feet and applied with two upright loop handles on the rim. The base of the censer is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark and the interior is cast with a sixteen-character inscription incorporating an apocryphal Xuande date, reading Da Ming Xuande wunian Jiandu Gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made by Wu Bangzuo, supervisor of the Ministry of Works, in the 5th year of Xuande of the Great Ming).
6 in. (15.2 cm.) across handles
Provenance
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910.
Brought to you by
Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist