QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The censer has a compressed bulbous body standing on three short cabriole legs and a waisted neck rising to an everted rim, decorated overall with irregular gold splashes. It is cast and gilt-lacquered on the base with a five-clawed writhing dragon amidst dense cloud scrolls around the rectangular cartouche containing the apocryphal six-character Xuande mark. The legs are each cold-chased and gold-lacquered with two confronting kui dragons flanking a shou character. The interior base is cast with two characters Nei zao, 'Made for the Court'.
12 1/2 in (32 cm.) diam., wood cover with amber finial, wood stand, Japanese wood box

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Lot Essay

The inscription on the cover of the box accompanying the censer suggests that this censer was given as a gift to Tsuyoshi Inukai (1855-1932), an important politician of the Showa period and Prime Minister of Japan between 1931-32, by Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), the first president of the Republic.

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