Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd July 2019

Lot 180

A bronze mortar

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £3000

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Description

A bronze mortar, with an everted lip above five grotesque male masks, the base stamped with a shell, 16th / 17th century, together with a Chinese polished bronze incense burner on tripod beast feet, the underside with dragons chasing a pearl and a six character mark and a Japanese censer with boy feet and a nine character mark, 18cm (max). (3)