A large gold-splashed bronze tripod incense burner, ding
Xuande six-character mark, 17th/18th centuryThe incense burner of compressed bombé form, cast with two upright handles, decorated on the exterior with scattered and irregular gold splashes, the base with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark. 26cm (10 2/8in) diam.
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十七/十八世紀 銅灑金沖天耳爐「大明宣德年製」楷書款Provenance: Christie's Paris, 9 June 2015, lot 220 An important European private collection來源:巴黎佳士得,2015年6月9日,拍品編號220歐洲重要私人收藏The form of the present incense burner is likely inspired by one of the most classic bronze shapes produced during the Xuande period (1426-1437). These shapes in turn were drawn from the range of objects depicted in the 'Illustrations of Antiquities in the Xuanhe Hall', Xuanhe Xuanhe bogutu, and other antiquarian texts; while some others were modelled on fine specimens of ceramics of the Northern Song period (960-1127).Vessels modelled after archaic shapes, such as the present example, were designated for use in the sacrificial altars located outside of the capital, at Imperial ancestral temples and within court palaces; however, they were also presented to princely households and meritorious officials. Incense burners were also used by the literati to decorate the tables and shelves in their studio and burn fragrant incense for creating a contemplative atmosphere. For a Xuande mark and period tripod incense burner see P.Hu, Later Chinese Bronzes. The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collection, Saint Louis, 2008, p.137, no.38. A gold-splashed incense burner, 18th century, of similar shape to the present example but slightly smaller in size, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2019, lot 3658.口沿微侈,收頸,鼓腹,底近平,下承三乳足。口沿上起一對雙沖耳,稍稍外傾,耳孔半圓。爐底有減地陽文「大明宣德年製」六字楷書款。宣德三年,明宣宗敕令工部及禮部等官員利用暹羅貢銅鑄造鼎彝之事;這批宣德爐形制參考《宣和博古圖錄》等史籍,以及宋代名窯瓷器之款式,開後世銅爐先河。本器應為參照宣德爐最為經典的器型之一仿製而成。形如本例的沖天耳爐,端莊中正,常見於內壇郊社宗廟祭祀之用,亦用於賞賜皇親國戚和功臣顯貴。而沿襲宋人情趣、將焚香尊為「文人四事」之一的歷代文人雅士,則將為祭拜之用的香爐帶入書齋雅集,於氤氳之境得閒逸之情。參考一例明宣德沖耳爐,見P.Hu著,《Later Chinese Bronzes. The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collection》,聖路易,2008年,頁137,編號38。另見一例十八世紀銅灑金沖天耳爐,形似本例,售於香港蘇富比,2019年10月8日,拍品編號3658。
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