ID 905576
Lot 935 | A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND STAND
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
18TH CENTURY
Of compressed form, the censer is raised on three short tapering feet and is cast with two upright loop handles on the rim, and the base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark. The stand is shaped as a mallow flower with three ruyi-form feet. Both the censer and the stand have a rich reddish-brown patina suffused with very fine gilt speckling.
7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, October 1981.
Hugh Moss, Shuisongshi Shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) Collection.
The Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection, Hong Kong, no. 1274.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. x2616.
Literature
J. J. Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, New York, 2020, no. 1.
Exhibited
New York, J. J. & Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, 13-27 March 2020.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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