A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

Description:

China, cast four-character seal mark zhenshe yongbao, Qing-Dynastie, ca. 18th c.
B. 20,8 cm
The censer has a shallow rounded bowl and rises from three conical feet to a straight rim. It is cast with two scroll handles to the sides. The bronze has a dark brown tone with an old patina. The seal-script mark is in a centre of the base in a square. Carved hardwood stand with inscibed paper label and lacquer export seal, 1950s to 1977. Weight 2,178 kg
Collection of the journalist Christian Roll, Munich (1915-2007), collected in China and Hong Kong before 1984.
On loan Museum for East Asian Art Berlin, 2001-2004
A similar censer is published ‚The Art of Scent‘, Littleton & Hennessy, London, November 2010, no. 14 - Very minor traces of age