CHINESE BRONZE 'LION-MASK' FIVE-LEGGED CENSER WITH COVER
TANG DYNASTY
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
唐 銅鑄五足銅香燻帶蓋
the circular censer with upright sides and everted rim raised on five lion-mask and paw supports alternating with five smaller lion-mask appliques, the stepped, domed cover pierced with ten small prunus-shaped apertures below a lotus-bud finial
Dimensions
11.8cm diameter, 861g
Provenance
Private Hong Kongese collection
香港私人收藏
Footnote
A censer of nearly identical form and dated to the Tang dynasty, was sold at Christie's New York, 21 Mar 2002, lot 85. Another five-leg bronze censer of relatively simplified design and dated to 7th-8th century, is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number: 2004.132.3a,b. Another Tang dynasty gilt-bronze five-legged incense burner was sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2023, lot 637.
一件高度相似唐代銅鑄五足銅香燻帶蓋，2002年3月21日售於紐約佳士得，拍品85；另參形制與設計相對簡約一例，7-8世紀，明尼阿波利斯美術館藏，館藏號「2004.132.3a,b」；另見一唐代銅鎏金活環五足爐，2023年3月22日售於紐約蘇富比，拍品637，皆可資比較。