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A rare bronze incense burner, gui Cast Xuande six-character mark, Ming Dynasty
16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,812.50 inc. premium
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A rare bronze incense burner, gui
Cast Xuande six-character mark, Ming Dynasty
The vessel with a waisted body rising from a gently sprayed foot, the handles each cast as phoenix head flanked by open wings, wood stand.
19.7cm (7 6/8in) wide. (2).
The vessel with a waisted body rising from a gently sprayed foot, the handles each cast as phoenix head flanked by open wings, wood stand.
19.7cm (7 6/8in) wide. (2).
Footnotes
明 銅鳳首雙耳簋式爐
「大明宣德年製」楷書鑄款
Provenance: an English private collection
來源:英國私人收藏
Compare with a very similar incense burner with phoenix-head handles, Xuande six-character mark, 16th century, from the Cernuschi museum, Paris, illustrated in Bronzes de la Chine imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.127, no.74.
