LOT # 6234
A MASSIVE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
清 天雲造雨銅雕雙象耳祭祀大香爐
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Dimension:
Height: 31 3/8 in (79.7 cm)
Estimated Price:
$120000 - $150000
Qing Dynasty period.
此香爐做工精緻，極為稀有。
來源：紐約佳士得拍賣，2010年3月26日拍賣場次2297，拍品號1322
The censer is supported on three caparisoned elephant-head feet and with a pair of similar elephant-head handles, the sides cast in relief with lotus scroll, beneath a border of key fret repeated on the pierced cover, which is also cast with lotus scroll below a recumbent caparisoned elephant supporting on its back a large cylinder containing lingzhi and an ingot laden with three jewels, the base cast with a four character mark reading “TIAN YUN ZAO YU” (Praying for rain). Includes Christie’s New York sales tag.
Height: 31 3/8 in (79.7 cm)
Estimated Price:
$120000 - $150000
Qing Dynasty period.
此香爐做工精緻，極為稀有。
來源：紐約佳士得拍賣，2010年3月26日拍賣場次2297，拍品號1322
The censer is supported on three caparisoned elephant-head feet and with a pair of similar elephant-head handles, the sides cast in relief with lotus scroll, beneath a border of key fret repeated on the pierced cover, which is also cast with lotus scroll below a recumbent caparisoned elephant supporting on its back a large cylinder containing lingzhi and an ingot laden with three jewels, the base cast with a four character mark reading “TIAN YUN ZAO YU” (Praying for rain). Includes Christie’s New York sales tag.
Result: $10,000