Lot 1314
1314
A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
Property From a Private West Coast Collection 
A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

WANLI PERIOD, CIRCA 1600

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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
WANLI PERIOD, CIRCA 1600
Cast in low relief with a band of flowers including prunus, magnolia, peony, lotus and chrysanthemum gilded and reserved on a diaper ground between bands of silver-inlaid key fret, raised on three gilt butterfly supports and with a gilt rectangular cartouche engraved Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi on the base
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Compare the related censer raised on similar supports and with the same mark, similarly cast with a band of different flowers on a diaper ground between similar borders illustrated by P. Moss, The Literati Mode, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1986, p. 290, no. 144, where the censer is dated Wanli period, c. 1600. See, also, the similar censer sold in these rooms, 22 March 2007, lot 197.

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