A HEAVY CAST TRIPOD BRONZE CENSER

Description:

China, Qian Qing Gong and Xuande four-character mark, Qing dynasty
B. 15,5 cm, H. 9 cm
Weight: 1,52 kg.
Old Berlin private collection, assembled before 2007
Compare a related but larger tripod 'Qian Qing Gong' incense burner, also similarly cast with the characters on the bottom of each foot, but with a Zhengde mark, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1-2 June 2015, lot 792; compare also a related tripod incense burner, 18th/19th century, also cast with the Qian Qing Gong mark and other inscriptions, which was sold at Christie's London, 15 May 2012, lot 274 - Minor wear and traces of age