A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DING
Xuande seal mark, 17th/18th centuryOf globular shape supported on three short curling legs, and set with two bail handles rising from the rim, the base cast with a Xuande six-character mark, with irregular splashes of gold on the olive-brown patina. 18.5cm (7 2/8in) wide.
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十七/十八世紀 銅灑金三足鼎式爐「宣德」篆書款Provenance: an important European private collection來源:歐洲重要私人收藏The form of the present incense burner is based on the archaic bronze food ritual vessel, ding, produced during the Shang dynasty. As such, it reflects the Qing emperors' fascination with antiquity, and their call for craftsman to take inspiration from earlier forms and designs.The 'gold-splashed' decoration was achieved by 'fire-gilding', a technique involving the application of gold in the form of a mercury/gold amalgam. Subsequently the vessel was heated to drive off the mercury, so that the small amount of gold was left adhering to the base metal. The process could then be repeated several times to build up thicker layers of gold. Indeed, a line drawing of a gold-splashed incense burner in the 'Illustrated Catalogue of the Ritual Vessels of the Xuande Period' Xuande Yiqi Tupu, which purports to be the wording of an Imperial decree of 1428 ordering bronzes for the Palace, and which illustrates these vessels, would seem to indicate that the practice of applying gold splashes on bronzes may have been used since the 15th century. Many scholars, however, have argued that the this work may have been published at a later stage than the Ming dynasty; see R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p.18.Compare with a related gold-splashed globular tripod incense burner, 18th century, with a two-character Xuande seal mark, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2019, lot 3650.爐斂口,口沿上施一對沖耳,圓腹,下接三矮足,仿商周銅器獸蹄足之意。通體灑金,線條流暢,古雅大方。爐底正中鏨刻「宣德」篆書款。爐型仿商周重要青銅禮器鼎,是清朝自上而下鑑古仿古風尚的實例體現。本品所用的灑金工藝起源尚不明晰,或始於明代;《宣德彝器圖譜》繪有一件灑金銅爐,可資證明。 《宣德彝器圖譜》據傳編撰於1428年,然而也有學者認為其成書時間或晚於明代。參見R.Kerr著,《Later Chinese Bronzes》,倫敦,1990年,頁18。參考一件與本例相關的十八世紀銅灑金橋耳三足爐,同施「宣德」篆書仿款,售於香港蘇富比,2019年10月8日,拍品編號3650。
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