Lot 82
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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN THE UK
A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

17TH CENTURY

Details
A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH CENTURY
The shallow circular censer is raised on three feet decorated with beast masks. The sides are cast with twin chilong handles grasping the rim. The base has an apocryphal Xuande mark.
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) wide across handles
Provenance
Private collection in the UK, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s

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Lot Essay

See a similar bronze censer with dragon handles and a Xuande mark to the base, dated to the 16th-17th century, illustrated by Sydney L. Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 43.

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