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Lot 55 Dα

A small bronze incense burner. Ming dynasty

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
15.06.2018, 11:00 - Chinese, Tibet/Neapel, India, Southeast Asia
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 4.960 € (incl. premium)
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A small bronze incense burner. Ming dynasty

A small bronze incense burner in shape of an archaic ding with a globular body and two lion head handles, below the rim running dragons on leiwen in cast relief. At the base a cast apocryphal Xuande six-character mark. Ming dynasty. At the base the collector's number in 29 in white ink and the transcription of the nianhao in an antiquated German transliteration in black ink, inside the clipping from the Heberle auction catalogue.
Height 6.1 cm; width 12 cm

明 銅龍紋狮耳三足爐 《大明宣德年製》款
來源：丹麥J. J. Wilgaard私人收藏，1901年12月16-19日購於德國科隆 M. Herberle（H. Lempertz' Söhne）拍賣會，編號444

Provenance

Collection J. J. Wilgaard, Apenrade, sold at J. M. Heberle (H. Lempertz' Söhne), Cologne, 16.-19.1901, Lot 444 (see Bachem 1933, S. 17)
Acquired at above auction