LARGE BRONZE 'DRAGON' TRIPOD CENSER
XUANDE MARK BUT QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
£8,190
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 16 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
Description
清 '大明宣德五年監督工部官臣吳邦佐造'底款 銅鑄雙螭龍耳三足大香爐
the compressed body rising from three short tapered feet to an everted rim, with a pair of sinuous dragons clambering on the rim, the base centred with an apocryphal sixteen-character Xuande mark within a recessed panel
Dimensions
38cm wide across handles; 10kg
Provenance
Provenance: Formerly in a private English estate, Newtown, Mid Wales