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Lot Essay
The inscription may be read, 'Praise be to God'.
A group of bronze vessels for the scholar's desk which are decorated with panels enclosing Arabic inscriptions reserved on a ring-punched ground is illustrated in Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, p. 265, nos. 118-21. They include two pear-shaped vases with handles, a cylindrical censer and a circular box and cover. They are dated as probably late 17th-early 18th century. See, also, the bronze tripod censer decorated with Arabic inscriptions dated to the Ming dynasty, Zhengde period, sold at Sotheby's, London, 9 June 2004, lot 132.
A group of bronze vessels for the scholar's desk which are decorated with panels enclosing Arabic inscriptions reserved on a ring-punched ground is illustrated in Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, p. 265, nos. 118-21. They include two pear-shaped vases with handles, a cylindrical censer and a circular box and cover. They are dated as probably late 17th-early 18th century. See, also, the bronze tripod censer decorated with Arabic inscriptions dated to the Ming dynasty, Zhengde period, sold at Sotheby's, London, 9 June 2004, lot 132.