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A large bronze censer with cover, presumably late Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

Estimate
75 000 - 100 000 SEK
6 670 - 8 900 EUR
6 810 - 9 070 USD
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A large bronze censer with cover, presumably late Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

With four character mark to base. Tripod with raised handles, cover with a finial in the shape of a buddist lion, archaistic decoration in relief. Height 67,5 cm.

Wear, tarnished, cover with repair, visable from the inside.

Provenance

From the Collection of Ingenjör Gösta Nordstrand and his wife Valborg Nordstrand, born Ahlmark. Gösta had a great interest in Asian Art, a lot of the pieces were purchased at Victoria Lindström Antikhandel, Grevturegatan 28, Stockholm in the 1960s. The black and white photograph shows the apartment of Valborg Nordstrands parents arpartment and thebig bronze censer next to the cabinet. Her father were Oscar Ahlmark (1859-1934). Thence by descent.