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PROPERTY FROM THE LEES FAMILY COLLECTION
The Reverend Jonathan Lees was a missionary in China in the 19th century and collected many Chinese works of art on his travels. His son, Edward Lees, inherited many pieces from his father, and also collected various items himself whilst travelling in Asia for his fur trade business. Upon his death in 1915, his wife Beatrice and daughter Rosalind (the present owner's grandmother) returned to England during World War I via the Trans-Siberian railway and a Scandinavian ship which took them from Norway to Newcastle.
A BRONZE TWO-HANDLED TRIPOD CENSER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE TWO-HANDLED TRIPOD CENSER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The censer is of bombé form supported on three short feet with two raised handles. The base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark within a recessed rectangle.
9 ¾ in. (24.9 cm.) wide across handles
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The censer is of bombé form supported on three short feet with two raised handles. The base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark within a recessed rectangle.
9 ¾ in. (24.9 cm.) wide across handles