A Sino-islamic bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty - image-1
A Sino-islamic bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty - image-2
A Sino-islamic bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty - image-3
A Sino-islamic bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty - image-1A Sino-islamic bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty - image-2A Sino-islamic bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty - image-3

Lot 73 Dα

A Sino-islamic bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty

Auction 1190 - overview Cologne
11.12.2021, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.125 € (incl. premium)
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A Sino-islamic bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty

Of modified liding form on three short feet and with two arched handles, the outside with three large cartouches bearing the arabic inscription: afdal al-dhikir la illaha ila Allah, Muhammaf rasual Allah (There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the prophet of Allah). The base cast with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark.
Height 13,2 cm; width 18 cm

清 銅銘阿拉伯鑄文三足香爐
「大明宣德年製」仿款
來源：德國柏林私人收藏
一類例可較，錄於：Berthold Laufer著，《Chinese Muhammedan Bronzes》Ars Islamica，卷一編，1934年，頁133-146，圖1 a和 b

Provenance

Private property, Berlin

Literature

Compare a similar but much earlier censer, illustrated in: Berthold Laufer, Chinese Muhammedan Bronzes, in: Ars Islamica, vol. 1 (1934), p. 133-146, fig. 1 a and b