BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
XUANDE MARK, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
£2,016
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清 宣德款 銅環耳三足爐
of compressed globular form with waisted neck and lipped mouth, flanked with two loop handles on the shoulders, the base with a six-character Xuande mark in recessed panel
Dimensions
16cm wide including handles; 1153g
Provenance
Private Scottish collection; Inherited from the current owner's uncle, who acquired this piece in the 1950s in port of Bideford, Devon, England.
蘇格蘭私人收藏，中洛锡安郡；繼承自現任藏家叔父，其叔父於1950年代購自英格蘭比迪福德城，德文郡。
Footnote
A bronze tripod censer of highly comparable shape and form, dated to the Qing dynasty, 18th century, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 6 Oct 2015, lot 166.