A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER 16TH – 17TH CENTURY
well cast with a tapering body rising from four straight legs to a gently flared rim, flanked by a pair of handles, each modelled with an everted arrowhead tip to the straight upper edge, the gently convex base centred with a recessed rectangular cartouche enclosing an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, the exterior decorated liberally overall save for the mark with gold splashes
18.7 cm, 7 3/8 in.
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 12th June 1990, lot 38.
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well cast with a tapering body rising from four straight legs to a gently flared rim, flanked by a pair of handles, each modelled with an everted arrowhead tip to the straight upper edge, the gently convex base centred with a recessed rectangular cartouche enclosing an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, the exterior decorated liberally overall save for the mark with gold splashes
18.7 cm, 7 3/8 in.
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 12th June 1990, lot 38.
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