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Lot 277

A bronze tripod censer on stand and accompanying pair of vases
19th century

24 November 2011, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

£500 - £800

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A bronze tripod censer on stand and accompanying pair of vases

19th century
The censer of bombé form with twin loop handles and bearing an unusual seal mark in Zhuanshu script, 'refined plaything of the Jade Hall', raised on a foliate form stand, 13.5cm high combined, the accompanying small vases on integral stands bearing cast dragons in clouds to the base,
vases 15.5cm high

Footnotes

Marks other than ubiquitous Xuande marks are rare on censers. For an example of this four character mark see: 'The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork', Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, (1991), Item 49

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