Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 November 1984, lot 516.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RARE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
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A RARE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
KANGXI CAST FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The lobed globular body with mammiform legs divided by double scrolls on the sides, the shoulders encircled by a row of bosses on a gilt band, set with lion mask handles, the domed cover with a lotus bud-form knop encircled by petal lappets and a pierced frieze of interlaced archaistic dragons, the reign mark cast in relief on the base
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high, box
KANGXI CAST FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The lobed globular body with mammiform legs divided by double scrolls on the sides, the shoulders encircled by a row of bosses on a gilt band, set with lion mask handles, the domed cover with a lotus bud-form knop encircled by petal lappets and a pierced frieze of interlaced archaistic dragons, the reign mark cast in relief on the base
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high, box