AN UNUSUAL BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER, EARLY QING DYNASTY
China, late 17th to 18th century. The bulbous body supported on three short legs with pronounced spherical feet and rising to an everted rim, the rounded sides set with a pair of openwork handles in the form of radishes with leafy tops, all in high relief and finely cast and incised.


Provenance
: From an English private collection and thence by descent.

Condition
: Very good condition with minor wear and casting irregularities, microscopic nicks, shallow surface scratches. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown, dark patina. The inside with extensive traces of use.

Weight: 862.1 g
Dimensions: Diameter 10.6 cm, Height 10 cm




清朝初年三足銅爐

中國，十七世紀末至十八世紀。香爐口沿平出，束頸，鼓腹微下沉，下出三足，微外翻。兩側分別有一耳，鏤空呈蘿蔔狀，帶葉子。


來源：
英國私人收藏，傳承至今。

品相：
狀況極好，有輕微磨損和鑄造不規則、微小刻痕、表面淺劃痕。青銅具有細膩的深色包漿。內部有使用痕跡。

重量：862.1 克
尺寸：直徑 10.6 厘米，高 10 厘米