Lot 39
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THREE BRONZE CENSERS
XUANDE MARK BUT QING DYNASTY
Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 572
Auction: 15 October 2019 at 11:00 BST
£4,000
Description
finely cast with a compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a gently flared rim, set with a pair of lion-head handles, the base with an apocryphal six-character Xuande reign mark in a recessed rectangular panel, together with a similar smaller bowl, similar handles and seal mark; and a similar sized bronze bowl, dark patination, plain angular lug handles, similar mark (3)
Dimensions
widths: 17cm, 12cm and 13.5cm
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE (1864– 1929); thence by direct family descent & previously on loan to Kellie Castle Fife