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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION
A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
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A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
The bombé body is raised on three sturdy cabriole legs issuing from lion masks and is decorated around the waisted neck with a frieze of leiwen pattern, flanked by a pair of upright S-curved handles. The domed cover is surmounted by a figure of Budai leaning on a cloth bag, with a hollow, globular jar before him.
19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high, wood stand
17TH CENTURY
The bombé body is raised on three sturdy cabriole legs issuing from lion masks and is decorated around the waisted neck with a frieze of leiwen pattern, flanked by a pair of upright S-curved handles. The domed cover is surmounted by a figure of Budai leaning on a cloth bag, with a hollow, globular jar before him.
19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Roger Keverne Ltd., London.
Exhibited
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics, London, Summer 2012, no. 14.
Brought to you by
Michael Bass