A RARE MINIATURE BRONZE CENSER WITH THE ‚BAJIXIANG‘

Estimated Value:

800 € - 1.200 €

Result:

6.475 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Xuande six-character mark, Ming/ early Qing dynasty
D. 9,5 cm
Decorated in relief around the body with the Eight Auspicious Symbols, with rope handles at the rim, standing on three feet, with an apocryphal six-character mark to base Da Ming Xuan De Nian Zhi. Weight 369 gr.
Eggert collection, Berlin, assembled in the 1960s and 70s - This rare miniature censer reflects the influence of Buddhism at the early Ming court, particularly during the Yongle and Xuande reign. See ‚China’s Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H. Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900‘, Phoenix, 1993, cat. no. 20 for a very similar censer. A similar censer from the George and Mary Bloch collection was sold at Sotheby’s Hongkong, 23.10,2005, lot 133. A rectangular censer of that type was sold at Sotheby’s London, A Scholar’s Relish: A Collection of Scholarly Chinese Works of Art, 18.6.2019, lot 25 - Very minor traces of age, very minor wear

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