A RARE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE ELEPHANT-HEAD-HANDLED INCENSE BURNER, GUI
Gu Shi mark, 17th/18th centuryThe vessel heavily cast with an inverted bell-shaped body decorated with a bowstring band around the mid-section, flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles, the burner of olive-brown colour with splashes of gold, the recessed base cast with a two-character inscription Gu Shi translating as 'Archaic Style'. 15cm (5 7/8in) wide.
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十七/十八世紀 銅灑金象耳簋式爐「古式」篆書款Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 6 April 2015, lot 153 An important European private collection來源:香港佳士得,2015年4月6日,拍品編號153歐洲重要私人收藏Heavily cast with a rounded body rising from a short spreading foot and finely decorated with irregular spots and flakes of gold, the present vessel is notable for its subtle elegance and pleasing overall appearance. Compare with a related but larger bronze incense burner cast on the base with a three-character Xuande mark, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 October 2018, lot 3675. See also two bronze incense burners with elephant-shaped handles, Xuande marks, 17th/18th century, illustrated in Kumamoto City Museum, Special Exhibition of Carved Ivory and Bronze Incense Burners in the Collection of the National Museum of History, Kumamoto, 1997, nos.217 and 218.簋式爐形,口平而微侈,筒形腹,高束脛,直立圈足。肩頸部出雙象耳,象鼻與爐身相連。通體灑金,參差錯落。爐底鑄「古式」二字篆書款。象耳爐之器型,取「太平有象」之意,寓意吉祥。比較一件與本例相關但尺寸稍大的十七至十八世紀銅象耳簋式爐,「宣德年製」仿款,售於香港蘇富比,2018年10月3日,拍品編號3675。另有兩例十七至十八世紀銅象耳爐,皆鑄有宣德仿款,收錄於熊本市立博物館,《Special exhibition of carved ivory and bronze incense burners in the collection of the National Museum of History》,熊本,1997年,編號217與218。
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