10th Mar, 2022 10:00
DAY 1 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A BRONZE ‘BUDDHIST LION’ CENSER AND COVER, QING DYNASTY
清代銅獅薰爐
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
China, 18th-19th century. Formed as a stout Buddhist lion standing on its haunches, the front legs braced, and cast with cloud-like scrolls on the body. The separately cast head with large bulging eyes, a broad ruyi-shaped nose, thickly curling mane and brows, the mouth wide open revealing teeth and tongue, and a tang for attachment to the censer. The tail is also separately cast with curling tufts of hair.
Provenance: From an English private collection.
Condition: Very good condition with some wear and minor casting flaws, minuscule nicks, light scratches, small dents.
Weight: 3,064 g
Dimensions: Height 21.5 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related censer formed as a Buddhist lion, also dated 18th-19th century (34.8 cm high), at Christie’s New York in Chinese Art from the Art Institute of Chicago on 17 September 2019, lot 109, sold for USD 21,250 (part lot, with another related lion-form censer, 35.6 cm high and also dated 18th-19th century).
清代銅獅薰爐
中國，十八至十九世紀。此器以銅鑄雄獅，獅子體態健碩渾圓，身上飾祥雲紋，仰首傲立，雙目圓瞪，炯炯有神，如意狀鼻子，整體氣勢威嚴；頭部可掀開，腹部中空，可作香薰使用，口張開，以便香味飄散；其面相、毛髮、獸爪等細節刻畫栩栩如生，線條流暢精細。
來源：英國私人收藏。
品相：狀況極好，有一些磨損和輕微的鑄造瑕疵、微小的刻痕、輕微的劃痕、小凹痕。
重量：3,064 克
尺寸：高 21.5 厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件十八至十九世紀銅獅爐 (高34.8 厘米)，見紐約佳士得Chinese Art from the Art Institute of Chicago 2019年9月17日 lot 109, 售價USD 21,250 (此拍品的一部分，兩外還有兩件銅獅爐高 35.6 厘米，十八至十九世紀)。
China, 18th-19th century. Formed as a stout Buddhist lion standing on its haunches, the front legs braced, and cast with cloud-like scrolls on the body. The separately cast head with large bulging eyes, a broad ruyi-shaped nose, thickly curling mane and brows, the mouth wide open revealing teeth and tongue, and a tang for attachment to the censer. The tail is also separately cast with curling tufts of hair.
Provenance: From an English private collection.
Condition: Very good condition with some wear and minor casting flaws, minuscule nicks, light scratches, small dents.
Weight: 3,064 g
Dimensions: Height 21.5 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related censer formed as a Buddhist lion, also dated 18th-19th century (34.8 cm high), at Christie’s New York in Chinese Art from the Art Institute of Chicago on 17 September 2019, lot 109, sold for USD 21,250 (part lot, with another related lion-form censer, 35.6 cm high and also dated 18th-19th century).
清代銅獅薰爐
中國，十八至十九世紀。此器以銅鑄雄獅，獅子體態健碩渾圓，身上飾祥雲紋，仰首傲立，雙目圓瞪，炯炯有神，如意狀鼻子，整體氣勢威嚴；頭部可掀開，腹部中空，可作香薰使用，口張開，以便香味飄散；其面相、毛髮、獸爪等細節刻畫栩栩如生，線條流暢精細。
來源：英國私人收藏。
品相：狀況極好，有一些磨損和輕微的鑄造瑕疵、微小的刻痕、輕微的劃痕、小凹痕。
重量：3,064 克
尺寸：高 21.5 厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件十八至十九世紀銅獅爐 (高34.8 厘米)，見紐約佳士得Chinese Art from the Art Institute of Chicago 2019年9月17日 lot 109, 售價USD 21,250 (此拍品的一部分，兩外還有兩件銅獅爐高 35.6 厘米，十八至十九世紀)。
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