MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘DRAGON AND SEA CREATURES’ CENSER AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The rectangular censer with canted corners is cast on four sides with a variety of sea creatures amid crashing waves below clouds, the shorter sides applied with gilt mask-handles. The base is cast with a gilt apocryphal Xuande reign mark. The reticulated cover is cast and pierced with two gilt scaly dragons contesting a pearl amid dense cloud scrolls.
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) long

Provenance

Collection of Professor Peter H Plesch and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE, collection no. Bh221, purchased from Gerard Levy, Paris, in March 1971, and thence by descent within the family

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Lot Essay

Professor Peter H Plesch (1918-2013) and his wife Gerta Regina “Traudi” Plesch OBE (1921-2013) were avid collectors of Chinese, Japanese and Korean art, most notably for their purchase of a Ru narcissus bowl in March 1959 for a substantial sum of ￡2,200 against the dealer J.T. Tai. The bowl was later sold again in February 1970 for a princely price of￡46,000, which broke the world record of the price paid for any ceramic.

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