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18TH CENTURY
細節
A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The inverted bell-shaped body supported on three caparisoned elephant-head feet, and flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles, the sides cast in relief with lotus scroll beneath a fret border, the pierced cover cast with lotus blossoms and tightly-scrolled foliage, surmounted by a recumbent caparisoned elephant supporting a container filled with rhinoceros horns, conch shells, pearls, coins and ingots, embellished with hardstone inlay, the base cast with apocryphal Xuande mark
15 in. (38.1 cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
The inverted bell-shaped body supported on three caparisoned elephant-head feet, and flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles, the sides cast in relief with lotus scroll beneath a fret border, the pierced cover cast with lotus blossoms and tightly-scrolled foliage, surmounted by a recumbent caparisoned elephant supporting a container filled with rhinoceros horns, conch shells, pearls, coins and ingots, embellished with hardstone inlay, the base cast with apocryphal Xuande mark
15 in. (38.1 cm.) high