A bronze incense burner. Ming dynasty - image-1

Lot 283 Dα

A bronze incense burner. Ming dynasty

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
04.12.2015, 14:00 - Asian Art II - Chinese Paintings, Decorative Arts, Porcelain and Ceramics
Estimate: 700 € - 800 €

A bronze incense burner. Ming dynasty

A bronze incense burner with a squat body on three tube-shaped legs with a thin band of square spirals around the low neck. A single-character seal mark at the base. Ming dynasty. Wooden lid with missing knob and fitted wooden stand.
Height 24.6 cm

Provenance

Private collection of a German railroad engineer, who lived in China before 1914, and thence by descent