Asian Art II - 14th November 2018

Lot 515

TWO LARGE CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNERS DATED 1837 AND 1908 Each with bombé-shaped body

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £900

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TWO LARGE CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNERS

DATED 1837 AND 1908

Each with bombé-shaped body, the larger with phoenix-head handles and a band of archaistic decoration with birds and taotie masks, with a four character date mark reading Daoguang Ding You, the smaller with mask-shaped handles and a date mark reading Xuantong Yuan Nian, 39cm and 30cm, 10kg and 11kg. (2)