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Lot 7097
A cast bronze censer 17th/18th century
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$2,500 inc. premium
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A cast bronze censer
17th/18th century
Of bombé form, the low-set belly tapering gracefully inward to an everted rim and set with two lion-mask handles to either side, cast with a sixteen character kaishu inscription reading Da Ming Xuande wunian jiandugo bu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (made in the fifth year of Xuande by the Board of Works under Wu Bangzuo) on the inside of the concave base.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
6 1/16in (15.4cm) diameter
Of bombé form, the low-set belly tapering gracefully inward to an everted rim and set with two lion-mask handles to either side, cast with a sixteen character kaishu inscription reading Da Ming Xuande wunian jiandugo bu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (made in the fifth year of Xuande by the Board of Works under Wu Bangzuo) on the inside of the concave base.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
6 1/16in (15.4cm) diameter
Footnotes
For vessels with this sixteen character seal, see Later Chinese Bronzes: a special exhibition of 14th to 18th century examples, 16-19 May 1984, presented by Michael Eveleigh and Brian Harkins, no. 34 (a pair of candlesticks); Sotheby's, Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3415; and Chinese Incense Burners from the Collection of Stephen Hung and Lindy Chern, 2000, pl. 150.


