OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2017
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Incense Implements

CATALOGUE 2017

A GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER AND COVER

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

LENGTH: 9.5CM

The bronze censer is of a squat elliptical shape with a short straight rim and decorated with two raised bands along the shoulder and near the base, all resting on a shallow footring and covered all over with gilt splashes. The censer rests on an elegant wooden base and covered by a raised lid with openwork decoration with a further openwork flange of boxwood, all under a two-toned agate knop.

PROVENANCE
A Japanese Private Collection

清十八世紀 銅胎灑金橢圓型香爐連蓋