“宣德年製” 拍品型製碩大,精銅所製,手感沉重厚實,束頸垂腹,上起雙橋耳,下承三乳足,鑄造精良。銅胎厚重,形制簡約,皮色為藏經紙色,氣息古樸,沉穩而不失雅致,因色近佛家經典,故乃銅爐中首色,為世人所重。類拍品造型、呈色俱佳者甚少,可堪珍玩。 橋耳爐,又稱“鳳眼耳”,乃仿南宋姜娘子製器而鑄。《宣德鼎彝譜》載宣德帝曾將橋耳爐賜予國子監祭酒,即比喻國子監祭酒講經時,士子們環圍拱橋而聽的情景。 A LARGE BRONZE CENSER Mid Qing Dynasty 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm. ) Diam. of archaistic liding form, the compressed globular body supported on three short tapering feet, the slightly flared mouthrim surmounted by a pair of arched handles, the patinated bronze surface of a warm caramel-brown colour