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Description: A massive Chinese bronze "Dragons and Trigrams" censer cover
qing dynasty, 18th century
The domed cover pierced with four circular shou symbols among a wide band of archaistic scrolled qilong motifs, beneath a band of the Eight Trigrams; the applied waisted tubular finial finely incised with cloudscrolls against a punched ground, an attractive mottled green and dark grey patina overall.
Dia: 19 in., 48.3cm.
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The present cover is a particularly finely executed example, and would have been suitable for a censer of grand scale for an important Daoist temple.
Formerly in a German private collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner