A GOLD SHIMMERING BRONZE CENSER

Estimated Value:

600 € - 900 €

Result:

1.942 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Xuande six-character mark, Ming-/ early Qing dynasty
B. 12,6 cm, H. 8,5 cm
Archaistic bronze censer of compressed globular form with three low feet, the everted rim cast with a pair of loop handles. The base bears a Xuande six-character mark within a rectangle. The bronze has a rich brown gold shimmering patina. Weight: 740 gr.
Eggert Collection Berlin, acquired between the 1960s and 2003 in the Berlin and West German art trade, this censer was by tradition bought in Hongkong in the 1970s
Compare a similar example published by Wang Shixiang ‚Zi zhen ji: Lisong ju changwu zhi‘ (Self-cherished Treasures of TwinPine Studio: A Listing of Items), Beijing 2003, no. 2.3 - Minor wear and minor traces of use

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