A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

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$ 11 250
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09.12.2020 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 466675
Lot 195 | A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
The censer has a compressed body raised on three legs, with a pair of pierced and curved upright handles that flank the waisted neck and everted rim. The base is cast with a sixteen-character inscription incorporating an apocryphal Xuande date, reading Da Ming Xuande wunian jiandu gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made by Wu Bangzuo, supervisor of the Ministry of Works, in the 5th year of Xuande of the Great Ming).

16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide across handles, softwood stand
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