California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 22, 2019  June 22, 2019

 Lot # 6810 
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE GOLD AND SILVER INLAID DUCK-FORM CENSER    宋 銅錯金錯銀青銅鴨熏


  • Dimension: Height: 8 1/5 in (20.8 cm) Length: 11 3/4 in (29.8 cm)
  • Estimate From: $25000
  • Estimate To: $35000

In style of archaic bronze duck censer, cast in the round as a duck with head facing forward, the back body plumage as censer lid topped with a loop handle, overall finely inlaid in gold and silver wire to outline the feathers, with a warm brown patina and minor green encrustation. Song Dynasty period.


Provenance: Property from an important private collection, New York
熏爐巧作水鳥之形,曲項昂首,喙半張,胸前、腹下,翎毛纖細輕柔。頭頸、足上、雙翼、尾巴,羽翅豐滿,翎毛或直或曲,線條柔美,層層疊疊,豐羽之姿,躍然眼前。雙足半曲,如半臥狀,紮實有力。遙想席設寶鴨燃熏溢香,燃熏時煙隨頸而上,口吐香氣,華貴生趣,何等仙姿,實屬難得。 來源: 紐約重要私人藏家收藏