A Chinese bronze 'luduan' incense burner, Ming dynasty ? ???

拍品描述

The portly mythical beast stood foursquare atop a long, slender snake, with large lingzhi sprigs curling around the torso, the detachable single-horned head hinged from the front and cast with sharp teeth and a broad nose flanked by bulging eyes, the bushy mane with incised detailing, raised on a fitted wood stand Size:(15cm high) Qty: (2) Provenance: Property of a deceased estate, London 來源：倫敦私人遺產 Notes: See a comparable luduan-form censer sold at Christie's London, 6 Nov 2018, lot 91 [link]. Note the similar lingzhi sprig decorations, hinged from and similar facial features, although this example has been decorated with parcel gilt. Another parcel-gilt example with similar features was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 6 Jun 2023, lot 3247 [link]. 同類甪端形香爐，可參見倫敦佳士得，2018年11月6日，編號91。此例雖施以局部鎏金，然其靈芝枝蔓紋飾、掀蓋結構及面部特徵皆極為相似。另一件帶有相似特徵之局部鎏金例，售於香港佳士得，2023年6月6日，編號3247。

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