A CHINESE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE TWIN-HANDLED CENSER

17th / 18th Century, Bao Yong mark

十七或十八世紀 銅灑金雙耳香爐

《寶用》款

Of bombe form with ox-mask handles, the interior decorated with gilt splashes around the exterior, a gilt-painted two-character bao yong ('for treasured use') mark to the base

11.5cm diameter, weight approx. 723g

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PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in London in 1980s; thence by descent.

來源：

倫敦私人收藏，1980年組成；此後家族傳承。

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NOTE:

Compare a gold-splashed alms bowl included in the J.J. Lally exhibition 'Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio March', March 13th - April 11th 2015, which bears a similar painted bao yong mark in gilt to the base, and dated to the 17th century. Another alms bowl dated to the 17th century and bearing a painted bao yong mark was offered by Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th April 2013, lot 117, and illustrated in Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss, 'Arts from the Scholar’s Studio', 1986, cat. no. 229.

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