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MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
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A LARGE BRONZE TWIN-HANDLED 'DRAGON' TRIPOD CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The bombé censer is decorated with two sinuous dragons weaving in and out of the body of the censer, interrupted by two upright handles shaped as scaly dragons with fierce expressions. The censer stands on three cabriole legs. The base has an apocryphal mark reading 'Da Ming Xuande wu nian jian zhi' which may be translated as 'made under supervision in the fifth year of Xuande emperor in the Ming dynasty'.
17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) diam.
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The bombé censer is decorated with two sinuous dragons weaving in and out of the body of the censer, interrupted by two upright handles shaped as scaly dragons with fierce expressions. The censer stands on three cabriole legs. The base has an apocryphal mark reading 'Da Ming Xuande wu nian jian zhi' which may be translated as 'made under supervision in the fifth year of Xuande emperor in the Ming dynasty'.
17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) diam.
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