清雍正 雙耳銅香爐 《大清雍正年製》款

of flattened globular form, the swelling sides rising from a splayed foot to a slightly flared rim interrupted by two angular loop handles, the bronze patinated to a coppery-brown colour with golden undertones and darker specks, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark cast in relief within a recessed cartouche

三藩市邦瀚斯2010年12月13日，編號5146

There are some dents and scratches around the body, some patches of green encrustation on the interior, but the overall condition of the censer is very good .
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雍正年造帶款銅器甚少，卻有一近例，見 Ronald L. Longsdorf 舊藏三足爐，寬折沿，並鑄有類同年款，售於紐約佳士得2011年9月15/16日，編號1160。此品精工鑄造，尤其雙耳，自器口至爐肩，流麗婉雅，突顯此爐寬腹。爐面滑溜，暗泛金光。同此器形之碩大香爐，多配底座，但不帶款識，例可見售於紐約蘇富比1990年4月11/12日之爐，編號393；另一件作例則售於紐約佳士得2011年9月9日，編號1158。