Monochrome | Important Chinese Art
Monochrome | Important Chinese Art
Property from a European Private Collection
Auction Closed
November 2, 04:07 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
An inscribed bronze 'lion' censer and cover
Ming dynasty, dated to the third year of the Wanli period, corresponding to 1575
明萬曆三年(1575年) 銅朝冠耳三足香爐
the handles with a dated dedicatory inscription reading Wanli sannian ji dong li, fengzu, xiaosun Lin Wenxing, wujian gong zhong sishiwu jin zheng
銘文:
萬曆叄年季冬立,
奉祖,孝孫林文星,
伍件共重肆拾五斤正
(2)
Height 44.8 cm, 17⅝ in.
Collection of Albert Zifferblatt, Florida, 1962.
Albert Zifferblatt收藏,佛羅里達州,1962年