CHINE, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE

Details

RARE ET IMPORTANT BRULE-PARFUM TRIPODE EN BRONZE
CHINE, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
Reposant sur trois petits pieds élégamment évasés, la panse globulaire est surmontée d'une bordure circulaire évoquant la forme du bronze archaïque li, marque à neuf caractères Wanli Yimao Hong Yuyi Jianzhi à la base dans un cartouche en réserve.

Diamètre: 38 cm. (15 in.)
Poids: 13,5 kg.

Provenance

Previously from a Japanese salt merchant family, Kansai, thence by descent.

Special notice

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Further details

AN IMPORTANT AND MASSIVE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

This impressive censer is of an unusually large size and weight, and is notable for its exceptional cast and mark, all of which speak to production standards of the highest level. Very few examples can compare with the present example. It can be compared to another large li-form bronze censer, of slightly smaller size (31.4 cm wide), sold in Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1395.

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