A SPLENDID AND RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CENSER HAN DYNASTY
the deep rounded sides supported on a tall splayed foot, set around the body with a raised band decorated with two registers of meshed double chevrons inlaid with silver and divided by a raised fillet, all above pendent triangular lappets, the domed cover well cast in openwork with a central quadrilobed flower head surrounded by foliate scrolls detailed with fine gold inlay (2)
Height 4 in., 10 cm
Provenance:
Nagatani Inc., Chicago, 1st May 1957.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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the deep rounded sides supported on a tall splayed foot, set around the body with a raised band decorated with two registers of meshed double chevrons inlaid with silver and divided by a raised fillet, all above pendent triangular lappets, the domed cover well cast in openwork with a central quadrilobed flower head surrounded by foliate scrolls detailed with fine gold inlay (2)
Height 4 in., 10 cm
Provenance:
Nagatani Inc., Chicago, 1st May 1957.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).