A large parcel-gilt bronze 'dragon' censer
Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century
清十八 / 十九世紀 銅局部鎏金開光雙龍戲珠紋鋪首耳大爐
the rounded sides cast with two begonia-shaped panels with two dragons chasing the 'Flaming Pearl' in high relief, against a ground of bats soaring amongst clouds, flanked by two lion-mask handles with loose rings, all between two bands of stylized lotus petal lappets around the mouthrim and foot, the interior center cast with a double vajra, and the base cast with a seal reading huangdi xingbao in Manchurian, ye dharma formula in Tibetan, and the poem 'fahaisi zhanhuang kaoyushu jingfo liangzi' in regular script
滿文篆款:
皇帝行寶
詩文:
重來瞻御筆 懷感動心神
丕烈邁前代 鴻休啓後人
興文盛禮樂 偃武息兵民
法則光華遠 千年照佛輪
Width 14 ? in., 36 cm
New England Private Collection, acquired between the 1950s and 1980s.
來源
新英格蘭私人收藏,得於1950年代至1980年代之間
落槌价 | 佣金比率 |
0 - 180,000 | 25.00% + VAT |
180,000 - 2,000,000 | 20.00% + VAT |
2,000,000 - 以上 | 12.90% + VAT |