A large bronze incense burner. 18th century - image-1

Lot 107 Dα

A large bronze incense burner. 18th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
08.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Tibet/Nepal incl. Strebel Coll, Chinese Decorative Arts
Estimate: 25.000 € - 28.000 €
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A large bronze incense burner. 18th century

A large bronze incense burner in shape of an archaic ding, the globular body with taotie masks and running dragons in low relief supported by three taotie mask cabriole legs, the domed lid in two parts with dragons amidst clouds in openwork relief and with a Buddhist lion knob, probably not original. A long incised inscription at the base within a square reading Da Qing Kangxi wuxu (1718) mengdong zhi ji zao; ben jia xiang huo ci chong yong yuan; bao lu zuo gong feng and signed Chen Zhiguang jing zhu. 18th century.
Height 41.5 cm

清康熙戊戌年（1718年）銅爐獸面紋三足蓋爐
《清康熙戊戌孟冬之吉造》《本家香火次重永遠》《寶爐座供奉》《陳智廣敬鑄》款
來源：德國私人收藏，1974購於歐洲

Certificate

Accompanied by a copy of a letter from B. W. Robinson of the Victoria and Albert Museums, London, dated 5.6.1974, with a translation of the inscription and saying "and there is certainly no doubt about the date",

Provenance

German private collection, acquired in Europe before 1974