Sale 3509
Paris
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12 June 2012
Price realised
EUR 3,750
Estimate
BRULE-PARFUM TRIPODE COUVERT EN BRONZE CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE De forme circulaire, la panse ornée de rinceaux feuillagés, les anses en forme de têtes d'éléphants barrissants, les pieds surmontés de têtes de pachidermes, le couvercle ajouré rehaussé de rinceaux fleuris, la prise en forme d'éléphant allongé et caparaçonné, portant un vase Hauteur: 13 cm. (5 1/8 in.)
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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
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