A large parcel-gilt bronze 'dragon' censer, Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century | 清十八 / 十九世紀 銅局部鎏金開光雙龍戲珠紋鋪首耳大爐
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March 17, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A large parcel-gilt bronze 'dragon' censer
Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century
清十八 / 十九世紀 銅局部鎏金開光雙龍戲珠紋鋪首耳大爐
the rounded sides cast with two begonia-shaped panels with two dragons chasing the 'Flaming Pearl' in high relief, against a ground of bats soaring amongst clouds, flanked by two lion-mask handles with loose rings, all between two bands of stylized lotus petal lappets around the mouthrim and foot, the interior center cast with a double vajra, and the base cast with a seal reading huangdi xingbao in Manchurian, ye dharma formula in Tibetan, and the poem 'fahaisi zhanhuang kaoyushu jingfo liangzi' in regular script
滿文篆款：
皇帝行寶
詩文：
重來瞻御筆 懷感動心神
丕烈邁前代 鴻休啓後人
興文盛禮樂 偃武息兵民
法則光華遠 千年照佛輪
Width 14 ¼ in., 36 cm
New England Private Collection, acquired between the 1950s and 1980s.
來源
新英格蘭私人收藏，得於1950年代至1980年代之間
Of those things that arise from a cause,
The Tathagata has told the cause,
And also what their cessation is:
This is the doctrine of the Great Recluse.