A rare large pagoda-form incense burner Late Ming-early Qing period, 17th century | 明末清初 十七世紀 銅寶塔式熏爐

Property from a French family collection, Brittany

A rare large pagoda-form incense burner

Late Ming-early Qing period, 17th century

cast in the form of a tall pagoda with a three-tiered roof set with dragon gargoyles suspending bells, beneath a tall bulbous apex and supported on a hexagonal base, detailed with a boy kneeling in front of the gate on top of the staircase while another boys stands on one of the roofs, inscribed with an apocryphal Da Ming Xuande nian zao mark

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57.2 cm, 22½ in.

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Collection particulière française

Rare grand brûle parfum en bronze en forme de pagode, fin de la dynastie Ming-début de la dynastie Qing, XVIIe siècle

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法國私人收藏

明末清初 十七世紀 銅寶塔式熏爐