17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The censer has a compressed body raised on three integral conical feet, and a pair of open handles that sweep upward from the rim. The underside is cast with a four-character seal, Yutang zhenwan ('precious plaything of the Jade Hall').
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) wide

Provenance

The K'ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 1881-1967) Collection, New York, and thence by descent within the family.

Lot Essay

Compare the bronze tripod censer bearing the mark Yutang zhenwan, but of less compressed form and with tabbed c-scroll handles projecting outwards from the body, sold at Christie’s New York, 18-19 September 2014, lot 1052.

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