AN INSCRIBED ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CENSER, GUI, CINA, 18TH CENTURY
The gently rounded body flanked by a pair of stylized kui dragon handles with pendent extensions, the body cast with a band of taotie masks separated by raised flanges against a key-fret ground, above a similarly cast band of S-shaped snakes with ruyi-form heads to the foot. The interior is inscribed with four characters and the recessed base with a raised cross-hatched design.


Inscriptions:
To the interior, ‘bo zuo yi’ (‘bronze made for the duke’).


Provenance:
New York trade. By repute acquired from a noted estate in Long Island, NY.

Condition:
Very good condition with expected old wear, traces of age and usage, some casting irregularities, small nicks and losses, light scratches. The bronze with a rich, solid, naturally grown, dark patina with scattered malachite encrustations.

Weight: 952.7 g
Dimensions: Width 16.9 cm


Auction result comparison:

Type: Near identical
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 10 November 2017, lot 365
Price: GBP 18,750 or approx.
EUR 29,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze incense burner, gui, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of casting, and size (16.5 cm). Note the
identical inscription
to the interior.




十八世紀青銅簋

方唇外侈，弧腹下收，高圈足似底座般抬高簋身，配一雙垂珥夔龍耳。外壁浮雕獸面紋，空白處以細刻規整的雷紋為地。此爐器仿西周青銅簋，造型古樸穩健。


銘文:
伯作彜


來源：
紐約古玩交易，據説購於紐約長島知名舊藏。

品相：
狀況極好，有磨損、老化和使用痕跡、一些鑄造缺陷、小劃痕和缺損、輕微劃痕。青銅具有自然且堅固的深色包漿，有孔雀石結殼。

重量：952.7 克
尺寸：寬 16.9 厘米


拍賣結果比較：

形制：幾乎相同
拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2017年11月10日，lot 365
價格：GBP 18,750（相當於今日
EUR 29,500
）
描述：清乾隆銅饕餮紋簋式爐
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、鑄造風格和尺寸(16.5 厘米)。請注意
相同的銘文
。