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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WELL-CAST GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER
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A WELL-CAST GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Of compressed globular form, cast with a band of confronted stylised birds and masks on a whorl ground, flanked by opposing lion mask handles, the whorl motif repeated on a band encircling the foot, all decorated with gilt splashes of varying sizes, apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to the base
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) across, box
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Of compressed globular form, cast with a band of confronted stylised birds and masks on a whorl ground, flanked by opposing lion mask handles, the whorl motif repeated on a band encircling the foot, all decorated with gilt splashes of varying sizes, apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to the base
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) across, box