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Important Chinese Art from a North American Private Collection
A GOLD-SPLASHED CENSER AND STAND
17TH-18TH CENTURY
Details
A GOLD-SPLASHED CENSER AND STAND
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The exterior of the censer is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark in a line, and the stand is cast with a sixteen-character inscription incorporating an apocryphal Xuande date, reading Da Ming Xuande wunian Jiandu Gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made by Wu Bangzuo, supervisor of the Ministry of Works, in the 5th year of Xuande of the Great Ming).
8 1⁄16 in. (20.5 cm.) across handles, cloth box
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The exterior of the censer is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark in a line, and the stand is cast with a sixteen-character inscription incorporating an apocryphal Xuande date, reading Da Ming Xuande wunian Jiandu Gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made by Wu Bangzuo, supervisor of the Ministry of Works, in the 5th year of Xuande of the Great Ming).
8 1⁄16 in. (20.5 cm.) across handles, cloth box
Provenance
Christie's Hong Kong, 30 April 2001, lot 773.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist