A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, GUI
Xuande six-character mark, 17th/18th centuryThe vessel of bombé form supported on a short spreading foot, cast with a pair of loop handles, the bronze patinated to a warm chocolate tone liberally decorated with irregular gold splashes, the base cast with a Xuande six-character mark. 19cm (7 1/2in) wide.
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十七/十八世紀 銅灑金蚰龍耳簋式爐「大明宣德年製」楷書款Provenance: an important European private collection來源:歐洲重要私人收藏Elegantly decorated with irregular spots and flakes of gold, seemingly emerging from the alloy at different angles, the present vessel is notable for its subtle and pleasing overall appearance.The origin of gold splashes on bronze is unclear. A possible moment of inspiration for the present vessel may have been the Ming dynasty. This is suggested by a line drawing of a gold-splashed incense burner in the 'Illustrated Catalogue of of the Ritual Vessels of the Xuande Period' Xuande Yiqi Tupu. The work purports to be the wording of an Imperial decree of 1428 ordering bronzes for the palace. 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 similar gold-splashed bronze incense burner, Xuande six-character mark, 17th-18th century, illustrated by S.Moss, The Second Bronze Age. Later Chinee Metalwork, London, 1991, no.56.See also a gold-splashed bronze incense burner censer, Xuande six-character mark, 17th century, of similar size and shape to the present lot, which was sold at Christie's London, 5 November 2019, lot 82.侈口,束頸,圓鼓腹下垂,圈足外撇。爐身兩側置雙蚰耳,起自頸部,收於腹部。通體灑金,參差錯落,妙得神韻。爐底中央鑄減地陽文「大明宣德年製」六字楷書款。本品所用的灑金工藝或創於明代,較傳統的鎏金工藝工序繁複許多,但起源尚不明晰。《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。參考一件十七至十八世紀銅灑金簋式爐,「大明宣德年製」款,收錄於S.Moss,《The Second Bronze Age. Later Chinee Metalwork》,1991年,編號56。另有一件十七世紀銅灑金蚰龍耳簋式爐,形制大小皆似本例,且同樣鑄有宣德仿款,售於倫敦佳士得,2019年11月5日,拍品編號82,可資比對。
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