Description:
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CENSER, DING
China, 17th-18th century. The deep, bowl-shaped body supported on three slender cylindrical legs and crisply cast with a broad taotie mask band above a leiwen ground divided by three vertical notched flanges, all below a pair of upright handles on the rim.
Provenance: From a French collector.
Condition: Excellent condition with tiny casting imperfections, wear, traces of use and a fine patina.
Weight: 2623 grams
Dimensions: Height 27 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related Ding at Sotheby’s New York on September 15th, 2015, in Important Chinese Art, lot 242.
青銅鼎香爐
中國,十七至十八世紀。 三支圓柱形腿;半球腹,圓爐身,上有饕餮紋 與雷紋。
來源:法國收藏
品相:極好品相,些微鑄造瑕疵,磨損,使用痕跡及良好包漿。
重量:2623 克
尺寸:高27 厘米