A GILT COPPER REPOUSSÉ CENSER AND RETICULATED COVER, FANGDING, QING DYNASTY
China, 1644-1912. Finely embellished with turquoise inlays, supported on four elegantly curved legs, the rim surmounted by twin upright handles. Neatly chased and embossed to one side with two sinuous dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, the other with a seated bodhisattva flanked by two tantric figures, the short sides with beast masks suspending loose ring handles flanked by attendants holding a fly whisk and auspicious fruit.


Provenance
: London trade.

Condition
: Good condition with expected old wear, mostly to gilt, some minor warping and other manufacturing irregularities, small dents, few losses, some turquoise inlays possibly replaced. Several soldering marks and other minor repairs.

Weight: 2,517 g
Dimensions: Height 30 cm, Length 23.2 cm


The reticulated cover
similarly decorated with scrolling foliage, one side with Buddha flanked by Manjushri and Amitayus, the other with the dharma wheel flanked by an elephant and horse, the short sides with lotus blossoms, all surmounted by three flaming mandorlas, two of which suspend small foliate bells.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 September 2013, lot 1530
Price: USD 15,000 or approx.
EUR 18,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pair of gilded repousse copper censers and covers, 18th/19th century
Expert remark: Note the size (21.5 cm).




清代鎏金合金銅錘鍱方鼎


中國，1644-1912年。方鼎雙立耳，四腿彎曲，局部鑲嵌綠松石。 一側雕刻工整，浮雕雙龍戲珠，另一側有菩薩坐像，兩側是密宗人物，短邊有獅面輔首活環，兩側有拿著拂塵和吉祥果的侍者。蓋子鏤空同樣飾有捲葉紋，一側為佛，兩側為文殊菩薩、無量壽佛，另一側為法輪，兩側為大象和馬，短邊為蓮花，頂部各有三座火焰曼陀羅，其中兩座懸於空中。


來源：
倫敦古玩交易。

品相：
狀況良好，有磨損，特別是鎏金部分，有一些輕微的翹曲和其他製造不規則，小凹痕、小缺損，一些綠松石鑲嵌物可能曾被更換，一些焊接痕跡和其他小修。

重量：2,517 克
尺寸：高 30 厘米，長 23.2 厘米


拍賣結果比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2013年9月20日，lot 1530
價格：USD 15,000（相當於今日
EUR 18,000
）
描述：清十八/十九世紀銅鎏金雙龍戲珠紋方鼎式蓋爐一對
專家評論：請注意尺寸 (21.5 厘米)。