清初 銅雙耳鼎式長方爐 《大明宣德年製》仿款

of unusual proportions, reminiscent of a stylised table, the rectangular form elegantly raised on four feet below sloping sides, set with a pair of flat-topped handles, the underside cast with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, the surface of a deep chocolate-brown colour

Pat Bedford Antiques，倫敦，1986年

The incense burner is otherwise in overall good condition. There are light surface scratches and an old repair to the cast at the rim.
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此銅四足方鼎造型罕見，易聯想致明末清初家具造型。北京故宮博物院藏一類例可參，錄於《故宮經典：明永樂宣德文物圖典》，北京2012年，頁265，圖版145。故宮例較此例不同，爐身及四足均未見弧度，並配原座。