CHINESE BRONZE CENSER
XUANDE MARK, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清 宣德龍紋款 銅蚰龍耳圈足爐
of compressed globular form with flaring mouth, set with a pair of loop handles, centre of the base with a six-character Xuande mark within a recessed panel further enclosed by a dragon band in relief
Dimensions
21cm wide including handles; 1240g
Footnote
A comparable bronze censer in form and shape, especially the dragon motif on the base, but with ‘Nei Tan Jiao She’ mark, dated to the Ming dynasty, was in the Qing Court collection, now in the Palace Museum, Beijing, accession number Gu 故177014.