17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD CENSER
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The cylindrical body is raised on three square cabriole legs which interrupt the lowest of three ribbed bands that encircle the sides. The base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark in a rectangle. The patina is of mottled russet color with traces of gilding.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Two similar bronze censers described as being of tong shape, also with apocryphal Xuande marks, in Mr. Yang Ping Zhen's collection of Ming and Qing bronze censers are illustrated in Jin Yu Qing Yan, National Museum of History, Taiwan, 1996, pp. 196-97, nos. 119 and 120

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