Cinq brûle-parfums en bronze patiné Chine, dynasties Ming et Qing, XVIIE-XVIIIE siècle

le plus grand de forme archaïque ding, le bord agrémenté de deux anses, sur son socle tripode en bronze, un autre évasé, les trois pieds évoquant des ruyi, flanqué de deux anses sculptées en têtes d'animal fabuleux, un autre circulaire reposant sur trois pieds en têtes d'éléphant, les anses rectangulaires allongées surmontées de têtes de ruyi, un autre également de forme ding, la panse côtelée reposant sur trois pieds, le bord rythmé de deux petites anses, le dernier circulaire légèrement rehaussé sur trois pieds, tous portant une marque Xuande à la base ; certains avec petits défauts et failles dans la fonte

Collection particulière française

Old wears, small cast defaults as expected on the four small censers ; the largest one (top right on the illustration) with a long firing crack through one side (8.5cm long) and a firing crack to the rim (4cm), old surface wears as expected ; the actual color is consistent with the catalogue illsutration.
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