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FORMER COLLECTION OF JACQUES DELVAUX DE FENFFE, BELGIUM (LOTS 189-194)Jacques Delvaux de Fenffe (1894-1962) was born into an aristocratic Belgian family. He was Plenipotentiary Minister in China between 1943 and 1947. He lived there with his daughter Jacqueline, who was very interested in Chinese art and culture and acquired a number of antiquities and works of art. They were very active in the social life of diplomatic circles and close to Madam Chiang Kai-Chek, as witnessed by, as witnessed by the presents and letters exchanged between the two women.. …

DEUX BRULE-PARFUMS TRIPODES EN BRONZE

CHINE, CIRCA XVIIEME SIECLE

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DEUX BRULE-PARFUMS TRIPODES EN BRONZE
CHINE, CIRCA XVIIEME SIECLE
Le premier repose sur trois petits pieds. Sa panse polylobée est rehaussée de deux anses en formes de têtes de chimère, la base portant une marque à deux caractères. Le second est en forme de citrouille, reposant sur trois petits pieds ; socle en bois.
Largeurs: 19 cm. (7 ½ in.) et 17 cm. (6 ¾ in.), un socle en bois

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TWO BRONZE TRIPOD CENSERS
CHINA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY

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