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CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
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BRULE-PARFUM COUVERT EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
The rectangular body is raised on four small feet. The sides are surmounted with a taotie mask suspending a ring, the base has an apocryphal Song dynasty mark reading: shaoxingernian daningchangchensuhanchenjiandu jiangshizhu zhidetanyong ('second year of Shaoxing period, supervised by Su Hanchen and cast by Jiangshi at Daningchang for ceremonial use').The cover is cast in openwork with swastika on a ground of key-fret; small restorations.
5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm.) wide
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
The rectangular body is raised on four small feet. The sides are surmounted with a taotie mask suspending a ring, the base has an apocryphal Song dynasty mark reading: shaoxingernian daningchangchensuhanchenjiandu jiangshizhu zhidetanyong ('second year of Shaoxing period, supervised by Su Hanchen and cast by Jiangshi at Daningchang for ceremonial use').The cover is cast in openwork with swastika on a ground of key-fret; small restorations.
5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
From a European private collection, acquired between the 1960s and the 1990s in the European art market, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Further details
A SONG-STYLE BRONZE RECTANGULAR CENSER AND COVER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
CHINA, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
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