Lot Essay
See footnote of lot 253.
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HAN DYNASTY
Details
A bronze incense burner and cover
Han Dynasty
The cup-shaped bowl raised on a high foot with a spreading base carved with dragons in relief, the pierced cover modelled as a dragon, its head with wide open mouth forming the finial, all attached to a stand shaped as a dish, green encrustation
19.8 cm. high
Han Dynasty
The cup-shaped bowl raised on a high foot with a spreading base carved with dragons in relief, the pierced cover modelled as a dragon, its head with wide open mouth forming the finial, all attached to a stand shaped as a dish, green encrustation
19.8 cm. high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Daisy Lion-Goldshmidt.
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