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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE GUI-FORM CENSER
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Details
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE GUI-FORM CENSER
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Cast in the form of an archaic bronze ritual vessel, the censer is decorated on either side with a taotie mask centered on a flange and reserved on a leiwen band, a further leiwen band with kui dragons encircling the foot. The censer is flanked by C-shaped handles surmounted by animal heads and set with pendent rectangular tabs below. The interior is cast with an archaistic inscription in seal script.
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) wide across handles
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Cast in the form of an archaic bronze ritual vessel, the censer is decorated on either side with a taotie mask centered on a flange and reserved on a leiwen band, a further leiwen band with kui dragons encircling the foot. The censer is flanked by C-shaped handles surmounted by animal heads and set with pendent rectangular tabs below. The interior is cast with an archaistic inscription in seal script.
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) wide across handles
Provenance
Roger Keverne, London, 2011.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
Literature
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, p. 29, no. 103.
Exhibited
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Summer Exhibition, 2011.
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