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A bronze censer with cover in the shape of a duck, Qing dynasty, 17th/19th Century.

Estimate
5 000 - 7 000 SEK
446 - 624 EUR
448 - 627 USD
Hammer price
16 000 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 bronze censer with cover in the shape of a duck, Qing dynasty, 17th/19th Century.

The duck raising its head towards the sky, the wings acting as cover. Height 26 cm. Length 16 cm.

One foot broken, mended.

Provenance

From the collection of a Scandinavian nobleman, who had a long diplomatic career starting, in the 1920s as a young attache in China, later on as ambassador in China.