A BRONZE 'ELEPHANT' INCENSE BURNER Xuande six-character mark, Ming Dynasty
The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A BRONZE 'ELEPHANT' INCENSE BURNER
Xuande six-character mark, Ming Dynasty
The cylindrical body decorated with a single raised band, set on three elephant-head feet, the base cast with an apocryphal reign mark encircled by a pair of dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl.
18cm (7 1/8in) diam.
明 銅寶象三足爐 《大明宣德年製》款
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no. 7.
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The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A BRONZE 'ELEPHANT' INCENSE BURNER
Xuande six-character mark, Ming Dynasty
The cylindrical body decorated with a single raised band, set on three elephant-head feet, the base cast with an apocryphal reign mark encircled by a pair of dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl.
18cm (7 1/8in) diam.
明 銅寶象三足爐 《大明宣德年製》款
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no. 7.
