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Auction archive: Lot number 82

A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER

Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,323 - US$15,484
Price realised:
£37,500
ca. US$48,389
Auction archive: Lot number 82

A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER

Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,323 - US$15,484
Price realised:
£37,500
ca. US$48,389
Beschreibung:

A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER 17TH CENTURY The compressed globular censer is elegantly cast with two loop handles to the shoulders, and supported on a slightly splayed foot. The exterior and the base are covered with splashes of gilt. The base is cast in relief with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark. 7 7/8 in.(20 cm.) wide across the handles. Provenance Acquired in the late 19th-early 20th Century, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Auction archive: Lot number 82
Auction:
Datum:
5 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER 17TH CENTURY The compressed globular censer is elegantly cast with two loop handles to the shoulders, and supported on a slightly splayed foot. The exterior and the base are covered with splashes of gilt. The base is cast in relief with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark. 7 7/8 in.(20 cm.) wide across the handles. Provenance Acquired in the late 19th-early 20th Century, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Auction archive: Lot number 82
Auction:
Datum:
5 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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