Fine Chinese Works of Art, Paintings & Calligraphy - 22nd May 2018

Lot 113

A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER SIX CHARACTER XUANDE MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD With...

Estimate £10,000 - £20,000

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Description

A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER SIX CHARACTER XUANDE MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD With a compressed circular body with two loop handles rising from the rim, the surface with a warm brown patina and encrustations, 13cm, 1.5kg. Provenance: by repute from the collection of a British diplomat acquired in the 1920s. Cf. The Forbidden City Gazette 3, 2015, p.72 for a comparable incense burner dating to the Xuande period.