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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 13, 2017 | Bonhams | New York | Fine Japanese Art | 1312 | $****** - ****** | A massive bronze incense burner |
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130.5 cm (51.38 in)
Cast in sections and finished in a dark brown patina, the overall surface decorated in archaistic keyfrets in low relief with stylized beast motifs, the lobed ash basin decorated with two dragons, a phoenix, two kirin and a minogame, each separated by zoomorphic columns, the basin applied with elaborate phoenix handles, each holding a free-moving leafy branch in its beak, the tail feathers wrapping around the neck below baku masks, and supported by three legs emanating from beast masks and ending in shishi, the space between the legs with stylized phoenix-in-cloud flourishes with free-moving pierced brocade balls, the four-tiered base cast with beast masks below keyfrets, lotus petals, and a final register of pierce-carved plovers in waves, the top surface of the base surmounted with a sacred jewel supported by a geyser of water, the cover with a continuation of the design and a reticulated band of shishi in peony branches, highlighted in gilt, all surmounted with a large finial formed as a seated kirin with raised paw, looking back over its shoulder and holding a tasseled brocade ball in its jaws, illegibly signed Kyoku in seal form on the underside of the ash basin
