Lot 303
303
A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

Details
A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK CAST IN RELIEF WITHIN A RECTANGLE, 17TH 18TH CENTURY

The compressed body raised on three cabriole supports and set with two dragon loop handles at the rim, with irregular gold splashes reserved against the olive-brown patina, the nianhao encircled by a raised border centering the base
12¼in. (31.1cm.) across handles

Lot Essay

Compare the very similar gilt-splashed censer, of comparable size (35 cm.), with an archaistic four-character Xuande mark included by Spink and Son in the exhibition The Minor Arts of China III, London, 1987, Catalogue, p. 61, no. 71