R1325
£5,850
Description
Chinese miniature bronze rectangular two-handled censer with sloping shoulder and flat demi-lune handles, the underside with a three-character mark of qin shu lü, companion of qin (musical instrument) and books.
2 ¼ inches, 5.6 cm handle to handle.
Ming/Qing, 17th century.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From an old English collection.
- Qin shu lü, is the haoof Wu Bangzuo, a Xuande-period court official in charge of the making of bronze censers. The same mark is on two bronze tripod censers illustrated in Jin yu qing yan: Yang Bingzhen xian sheng zhen cang Ming Qing tong lu, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1996, p. 121, nos. 18 and 19.
- A miniature gold-splash rectangular censer with the same mark was sold by Christie’s New York in their auction of Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 18th-19th March 2021, lot 910.
Condition
Fine