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    Sale 6587

    CHINESE CERAMICS, EXPORT CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART

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    18 June 2002

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    • A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE QUATREF
    Lot 110

    A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE QUATREFOIL CENSER

    18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 3,824

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 4,000

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    A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE QUATREFOIL CENSER
    18th Century
    Of quatrefoil section with steep straight sides, each lobe narrowing to a foot at the edge, applied with two straightened trefoil handles, embellished around the exterior with irregular gilt splashes, the base cast with a Xuande six-character mark
    7 in. (17.8 cm.) wide

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