A BRONZE OVAL CENSER WITH CHILONG HANDLES
A BRONZE OVAL CENSER WITH CHILONG HANDLES
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A BRONZE OVAL CENSER WITH CHILONG HANDLES

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE OVAL CENSER WITH CHILONG HANDLES
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Of oval form with gently flaring sides, the censer is raised on four ruyi-shaped feet, and cast with two chilong clambering along the flattened, everted rim to form handles. The base is cast with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark.
8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) wide across the handles
Provenance
Karl Wilhelm Gerdhem (1868-1932) Collection, Sweden.

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