A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 'LUDUAN' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 17TH...
A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 'LUDUAN' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 17TH CENTURY Formed as a luduan standing upon a sinuous snake, with stylised scrolls picked out in gilt to the beast's body, the hinged cover formed as its head, it stares with bulging eyes and its mouth agape, with a single large horn to the top of its head, 27cm, 2.8kg. Cf. P Moss & G Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, nos.18 and 19 for comparable parcel-gilt bronze incense burners.
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A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 'LUDUAN' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 17TH CENTURY Formed as a luduan standing upon a sinuous snake, with stylised scrolls picked out in gilt to the beast's body, the hinged cover formed as its head, it stares with bulging eyes and its mouth agape, with a single large horn to the top of its head, 27cm, 2.8kg. Cf. P Moss & G Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, nos.18 and 19 for comparable parcel-gilt bronze incense burners.
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