A Chinese bronze censer and cover, 19th/early 20th century

Cape, Colonial, Oriental & Continental Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts

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ZAR 2 342
Lot 331
  • A Chinese bronze censer and cover, 19th/early 20th century


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ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
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ZAR 2 342
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A Chinese bronze censer and cover, 19th/early 20th century
ovoid pierced body moulded with a feng-hu bird to the front, the reverse with a qilin, the sides with archaistic phoenix handles, the cover with a dog of fo finial, raised on mask-headed outset feet, 24cm high


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