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561
AN ARABIC-INSCRIBED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
16TH / 17TH CENTURY
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No Reserve
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10,000 — 15,000
USD
LOT SOLD. 112,500 USD
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561
AN ARABIC-INSCRIBED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
16TH / 17TH CENTURY
Estimate
No Reserve
Unless indicated by a box, all lots in this catalogue are offered subject to a reserve. A reserve is the confidential minimum auction price established between Sotheby's and the seller and below which a lot will not be sold. The reserve is generally set at a percentage of the low estimate and will not exceed the low estimate of the lot. The symbol is not used if all the lots have a reserve. If any lots in the catalogue are offered without reserve, such lots will be designated by a box.
10,000 — 15,000
USD
LOT SOLD. 112,500 USD
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AN ARABIC-INSCRIBED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
16TH / 17TH CENTURY
of cylindrical form with three shaped feet, cast around the body with Arabic inscriptions against a ring-punched ground, between bands of lotus scrolls encircling the rim and above the foot, the base with a six-character Zhengde mark
Diameter 5 3/4  in., 14.5 cm
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Catalogue Note

See a closely related censer of this type, but with the Arabic inscriptions enclosed within shaped panels, sold in our London rooms, 12th June 1990, lot 39, and another included in the exhibition Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk. The Creative Personality in Chinese Works of Art, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1984, cat. no. 118, where the author discusses the group of bronzes with Arabic inscriptions, p. 263.

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