A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER, GUI

17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER, GUI
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The censer is cast on each side with a taotie mask centered on a flange and reserved on a leiwen band interrupted by dragon-head handles, and is raised on a foot encircled by pairs of serpents on a leiwen band, all splashed with gold. The base is cast with a twelve-character mark in seal script Xuande ernian Zhou Yi wei Xiuhuang zhuren zhi ('Made for the master Xiuhuang by Zhou Yi in the second year of Xuande').
17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) across the handles

Lot Essay

Compare a very similar censer of the same size, but with a different inscription, Xuande ernian Zhou Xiyu xiuzhu zhai zhuren zhi ('Zhou Xiyu of the Xiuzhu Studio made this in the second year of (the) Xuande (reign), sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 1999, lot 76.

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