Description:
A GOLD-SPLASHED CENSER, 18TH CENTURY
China. The square body with low rounded sides rising from four short legs to a raised circular mouth, set at the shoulder with a pair of imposing lion-head mask handles and decorated around the exterior with gold splashes.
Provenance: From a private collection of bronze censers, by repute acquired between 1980-2000.
Condition: Excellent condition with fine patina, old wear as expected on a bronze from this period. The stand with extensive wear and minor losses.
Weight: 510 grams (the censer) and 121 grams (the stand)
Dimensions: Width 12.5 cm
The base with an incised four-character mark reading Yongshi baoyong. Fitted wood stand, possibly of the period. (2)
Auction result comparison: For a larger censer bearing nearly identical mask handles see Sotheby’s London on November 10th, 2010, in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 11.
十八世紀灑金香爐
中國。方形圓角爐體,四短腿,圓口,短頸,一對獅首耳。香爐上可見灑金。
來源: 銅香爐私人收藏,據説于1980年至2000年間購得。
品相:品相極好,包漿細膩,老磨損符合此年代香爐。底 座磨損嚴重,些微磕碰。
重量: 香爐510 克;底座121 克
尺寸: 寬 12.5 厘米