Lot 210
BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER WITH ARABIC INSCRIPTION
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Auction: 8 November 2016 at 17:00 GMT
£4,500
Description
of compressed globular form raised on three conical feet, decorated with three cartouches containing Islamic inscriptions, the base with an apocryphal Xuande mark, the bronze with a warm reddish-brown patina
Dimensions
9.4cm high, 15cm diam
Footnote
Provenance:
The Collection of Professor J.E.Webb (1915-2011) (for more information on Professor Webb, please see lot 223), acquired from William Clayton Fine Chinese Jade, Porcelain and Oriental Works of Art, with original receipt dated 12th May 1980.