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Lot 202

A bronze 'wu fu' tripod circular incense burner
18th century

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A bronze 'wu fu' tripod circular incense burner

18th century
Cast on the exterior in relief with five bats amidst cloud scrolls, interrupted by rectangular vertically-pierced handles with ruyi-head terminals, all raised on three elephant-head supports, apocryphal Xuande mark.
12cm (4¾in) wide.

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Provenance: an Italian private collection, Lombardy.

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