California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 7, 2018  July 7, 2018

 Lot # 5037 
A GILT-BRONZE CENSER WITH MARK    清 玉堂精玩款 銅鎏金戟耳香爐


  • Dimension: Height: 3 in (7.6 cm) Width: 6 in (15.2 cm)
  • Estimate From: $5500
  • Estimate To: $9500

Finely cast with cylindrical body resting on a short circular foot, flanked by a pair of yoke handles, the base cast with four character 'Yu Tang Jing Wan'. Qing Dynasty period.


Provenance: Private collection, Nevada
此爐型源自宋代,以其耳如兵器中之戟頭而得名。 《宣德彞器圖譜》稱‘宣皇以之賜刑部尚書,意即刑部平準天下正義,正如執戟以衛邦國,亦有稱系祭門神,以衛皇室’。此爐工精器美,包漿渾厚,捧之十分沉實壓手,微撫即潤,淡雅之間藏有奇光,若連續叩於不同方位,當有獨到旋律縈繞於耳際,音秒如天籟,可謂難得之寶器。相伴於文房,琴棋書畫間,焚香一柱,沉煙裊裊,甚是雅緻。來源:內華達藏家提供