A bronze incense burner. 19th century - image-1

Lot 122 Dα

A bronze incense burner. 19th century

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 10:00 - Asian Art - Highlights China, Tibet/Nepal
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
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A bronze incense burner. 19th century

A bronze incense burner in shape of a jumping dragon fish, the head cast separately, the eyes of black glass. At the base two lines of a Chinese-style poem. 19th century.
Height 17 cm

Provenance

Private collection, France

Literature

Compare almost identical piece illustrated in: R. Mowry, China's Renaissance in Bronze. The Robert H. Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix 1994, cat. no. 57