ID 807517
Lot 846 | A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER AND COVER
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The square censer is raised on four curved fish-form legs, which support the lower bombé body decorated on each side with a gilt cartouche enclosing stylized shou characters borne on scrolling lotus stems. The upper body is cast in openwork with dragon medallions on a lotus scroll ground, beneath the domed cover surmounted by a dragon knob. The underside is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark.
16 in. (40.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 13 September 2017, lot 134.
| Medium: | Gilding |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Icons, Religious items |
| Medium: | Gilding |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Icons, Religious items |
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