A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER

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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK, 17TH CENTURY

Of squat form with a waisted neck below the flaring rim, embellished around the sides with an abstract shaped gilt band, the neck applied with stylised beast handles
5 in. (13 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a bronze of similar shape see China's Renaissance in Bronze, The Robert H. Clague Collection, Number 15, p. 82.

(US$6,000-7,000)

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