A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The compressed body is raised on three tapering feet and flanked by two loop handles, and is decorated on the exterior with irregular gold flecks. The base is cast with the four-character mark Yutang qingwan ('Pure pleasure of the Jade Hall).
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) across the handles, Japanese wood box

Lot Essay

The mark, yutang qingwan, is found on three censers illustrated in Jin Yu Qing Yan: Yang Ping Zhen Xian Sheng Zhen Cang Ming Qing Tong Lu (Golden Jade and Green Smoke: Mr. Yang Ping Zhen's Collection of Ming and Qing Bronze Censers), National Museum of History, 1996, pp. 222-23, nos. 151 and 152, and p. 278, no. 234.

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