明 銅螭龍耳三足洗式爐“大明宣德年製”款

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英文品名：A BRONZE WASHER-SHAPED CENSER WITH TWO CHILONG HANDLES AND THREE FEET, BEARING A XUANDE MARK, MING DYNASTY 尺寸：D:27.5cm;H:11cm 此爐為銅鑄，作洗式：寬折沿，淺腹，平底，下承三乳足。兩側對出高浮雕螭龍耳，螭龍攀沿探身，回首翹尾，姿態生動。通體光素，以造型取勝。器底陽文鑄「大明宣德年製」六字方形款。銅色棗紅溫潤，皮殼瑩厚。為明代銅洗式爐。洗式爐，又稱匜式、水洗式，取法古銅洗（盥手之器）而縮小為香具。寬沿淺腹，置香餅其中，香煙由沿口散出，不似缽式、鼎式之聚斂。螭龍耳為明晚期至清早期銅爐最流行之耳式，龍身蜿蜒，兩足攀沿，既作耳又作飾。三足者又稱三足洗，置於几案最穩。 This bronze censer takes the washer form: broad everted rim, shallow body, flat base on three cloud feet. Two high-relief chilong dragons climb the rim on either side, turning back and curving their tails. The body is plain, the appeal lying in form and handles. The base is cast in relief with the six-character Xuande mark. The bronze has a warm date-red patina. It is a Ming washer-form censer. The washer censer (xishi lu) descends from ancient bronze wash basins (for ablutions), reduced to an incense burner. The broad rim and shallow body let a cake of incense smoke diffuse freely, unlike the closed bowl or ding forms. Chilong handles were the most popular on late-Ming to early-Qing censers: the winding dragons grip the rim, serving as both handle and ornament. Three-legged washers sat steadily on a desk.

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