18TH CENTURY

細節

A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE RECTANGULAR CENSER AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The tapering rectangular body raised on four bracket supports and with notched flanges at the corners, the sides with shaped cartouches finely cast in high relief with various scenes, all gilded and reserved on a fine ring-matte ground within a dark-patined panel reserved on an outer ring-matte ground, with gilt-inlaid borders, the handles and neck with marbleized patina, the pierced cover with buddhistic lion finial
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) long

拍品專文

A censer with pierced cover surmounted by a seated buddhistic lion, which has panels on the sides of the vessel decorated in the same technique as those on the present censer, is illustrated by M. Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, A.D. 1100-1900, London, 1989, no. 74, where the author describes the decoration as similar to the "techniques employed by skilled silversmiths".