[INCENSE CULTURE] LARGE CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER XUANDE MARK BUT QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
清 '大明宣德五年監督工部官臣吳邦佐造'底款 銅鑄螭龍耳三足大爐
of compressed globular form supported on three conical feet, flanked by a pair of handles in the form of arching chi dragons, the base with a sixteen-character mark reading 'Daming Xuande wunian jiandu gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made for the Board of Works under the Supervision of Wu Bangzuo in the Fifth Xuande Year)' in a recessed square panel
Dimensions:
29.5cm wide in total; 4.5kg
Provenance:
Private Scottish Collection, Perthshire
蘇格蘭私人收藏,珀斯郡
清 '大明宣德五年監督工部官臣吳邦佐造'底款 銅鑄螭龍耳三足大爐
of compressed globular form supported on three conical feet, flanked by a pair of handles in the form of arching chi dragons, the base with a sixteen-character mark reading 'Daming Xuande wunian jiandu gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made for the Board of Works under the Supervision of Wu Bangzuo in the Fifth Xuande Year)' in a recessed square panel
Dimensions:
29.5cm wide in total; 4.5kg
Provenance:
Private Scottish Collection, Perthshire
蘇格蘭私人收藏,珀斯郡