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16TH-19TH CENTURY
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A COLLECTION OF MING AND QING DYNASTY BRONZES
16TH-19TH CENTURY
The group comprises: a gilt and lacquered model of a luohan on a lotus base, his loose robes incised with a floral scroll to the hems; a lobed cauldron supported by three foreigners with bushy beards; a censer cast as a long-beaked bird with sharp talons, its wings forming a detachable cover pierced with three apertures; a larger rectangular censer with twin animal-head and cloud-form handles, the openwork cover cast with two dragons rising from the clouds before a Buddhist lion finial, and a two-handled oval bowl.
The largest 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) diam.
16TH-19TH CENTURY
The group comprises: a gilt and lacquered model of a luohan on a lotus base, his loose robes incised with a floral scroll to the hems; a lobed cauldron supported by three foreigners with bushy beards; a censer cast as a long-beaked bird with sharp talons, its wings forming a detachable cover pierced with three apertures; a larger rectangular censer with twin animal-head and cloud-form handles, the openwork cover cast with two dragons rising from the clouds before a Buddhist lion finial, and a two-handled oval bowl.
The largest 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The rectangular censer with openwork cover: Private American Collection.
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Leila de vos van Steenwijk