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2017 Autumn Auctions
Fine Chinese Works of Art from the Moore Collection

552
A BRONZE LONG-HANDLED CENSER(Tang Dynasty(AD 618-907))

33 cm.(13 in.)long


Provenance:
Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s

The flared cup supported on a stem foot,the straight long handle linked to the cup with an arched support and terminating at the opposing end in a broad, slightly convex grip.
This type of long-handled censer is discussed by Bo Gyllensvard in Tang Gold and Silver,Bulletin of Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities,no. 29,London,1957, pp. 88-89. A related censer in the British Museum Collection was illustrated in Buddhism,Art and Faith,London,1985,cat,no. 293. Compare with a related example sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,Chinese Art Through the Eyes of Sakamoto Goro,Early Chinese Art,13th September 2016,lot 14.

Price estimate:
無底價
To be sold without reserve

Auction Result:
HKD: 8,260

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