VIETNAM - Circa 1900
VIETNAM - Circa 1900
A patinated bronze set consisting of a covered tripod incense burner on a pedestal and a pair of vases. The incense burner is decorated with relief carvings of fish, a turtle, and crustaceans emerging from the waves, along with incised floral motifs. The feet and the lid’s handle are shaped like lions; the lid is openwork with branches of flowering plum trees; the pedestal features flowering plum trees, crustaceans, and three bats. On the reverse is the apocryphal Xuande mark. The pair of vases bears the same decoration; both handles are shaped like qilong. (One handle from one vase is missing.)
Height of incense burner (with base): 43 cm; Height of vases: 29.5 cm
VIETNAM - Circa 1900
A patinated bronze set consisting of a covered tripod incense burner on a pedestal and a pair of vases. The incense burner is decorated with relief carvings of fish, a turtle, and crustaceans emerging from the waves, along with incised floral motifs. The feet and the lid’s handle are shaped like lions; the lid is openwork with branches of flowering plum trees; the pedestal features flowering plum trees, crustaceans, and three bats. On the reverse is the apocryphal Xuande mark. The pair of vases bears the same decoration; both handles are shaped like qilong. (One handle from one vase is missing.)
Height of incense burner (with base): 43 cm; Height of vases: 29.5 cm
