A rare bronze goose-form incense burner and cover Ming dynasty | 明 銅寶鵝香熏
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April 22, 07:57 AM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A rare bronze goose-form incense burner and cover
Ming dynasty
明 銅寶鵝香熏
well cast as a flying goose with the slender curved neck extending forward, the outstretched wings and tail intricately detailed with feathers, the webbed feet stretching backwards, the feathery back forming the cover, suspending from three connected long interlocking ring chains
27.1 cm
Another bronze hanging incense burner, but cast in the form of a curved dragon boat with Daoist figure, is illustrated in Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D. 1100-1900, London, 1989, cat. no. 24, attributed to Yuan to early Ming dynasty.