Qing Dynasty, 17-18th Century, Six-Character Xuande Mark
Diameter: 12.5cm
The bronze censer is of compressed globular shape with rounded shoulders below an incurved lipped mouth and decorated all over with irregular gilt splashes. The base is cast with a six-character apocryphal da ming xuande nianzhi 大明宣德年製mark in relief within a rectangular cartouche.
SIMILAR EXAMPLE
A gilt-spashed censer of similar shape and dated to the late Ming or early Qing dynasty is published in Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, 1986, pp. 238-239, Catalogue No. 229
清十七- 十八世紀 銅灑金缽式香爐
「大明宣德年製」款
