A large, heavily cast and partly-gilt bronze incense burner. 16th/17th century - image-1

Lot 132 Dα

A large, heavily cast and partly-gilt bronze incense burner. 16th/17th century

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 10:00 - Asian Art - Highlights China, Tibet/Nepal
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
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A large, heavily cast and partly-gilt bronze incense burner. 16th/17th century

A large, heavily cast and partly gilt bronze incense burner, the body with an irregular, undulating outline and supported on three legs swinging outward, and with two curved handles, the flat lid surmounted by a Buddhist lion-dog with a brocade ball. 16th/17th century.
H 28 cm

十六/十七世紀 雙耳三足蓋爐
可比：張明、何朝陽編，《明清宣德炉》，紫禁城出版社，第56號

Literature

Compare a similar piece but without lid, illustrated in: Zhang Ming and He Chaoyang (Hrsg.), Ming Qing Xuande lu, Beijing 2012, no. 56