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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A BRONZE DRAGON-FISH FORM CENSER
LATE MING DYNASTY
Details
A BRONZE DRAGON-FISH FORM CENSER
LATE MING DYNASTY
The censer is cast with a fish-form body, with the detachable cover in the form of a dragon’s head. It is further inscribed with a ten character inscription on the base of the censer.
8 in. (20 cm.) high, box
LATE MING DYNASTY
The censer is cast with a fish-form body, with the detachable cover in the form of a dragon’s head. It is further inscribed with a ten character inscription on the base of the censer.
8 in. (20 cm.) high, box
Provenance
A Parisian private collection, acquired in Cologne in 2003
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 16 December 2010, lot 66
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 16 December 2010, lot 66