An incense stick holder in the form of a lady
China, Ming dynasty or earlier, 13th-15th century. Parcel-gilt, chased bronze, single-piece hollow cast. Standing in a charming posture, her hair piled high in an artistic top-knot, the lady holds a ruyi-head in her right hand, behind which is the incense stick holder; her left hand is hidden in her wide, dangling sleeves. A shawl and large bow swirl around her delicate figure and terminate finely sweeping at the hem of her garment. A few tiny holes and traces of corrosion. Height: 14.7 cm. Wooden base. (BA)
Cf. a very similar figure, dated Song to Ming dynasty, auctioned at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8.10.2014, Hausmann Collection, lot 3353.
Provenance: From European ownership,
Collection S. K. H. Joseph Clemens, Prince of Bavaria (1902–1990)
仕女状香座
中国，明朝或更早，13-15世纪，青铜镂空铸成，外部镀金，局部有小洞，带铜锈痕。类似的拍品在苏富比2014年10月8号香港拍卖会上拍，拍品号3353
出处：欧洲私家收藏，更早被德国巴伐利亚州的王子Joseph Clemens收藏过
Specialist: Angelika Borchert
Angelika Borchert
+43-1-515 60-641
angelika.borchert@dorotheum.at
03.12.2014 - 14:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,900.- to EUR 2,500.-
An incense stick holder in the form of a lady
China, Ming dynasty or earlier, 13th-15th century. Parcel-gilt, chased bronze, single-piece hollow cast. Standing in a charming posture, her hair piled high in an artistic top-knot, the lady holds a ruyi-head in her right hand, behind which is the incense stick holder; her left hand is hidden in her wide, dangling sleeves. A shawl and large bow swirl around her delicate figure and terminate finely sweeping at the hem of her garment. A few tiny holes and traces of corrosion. Height: 14.7 cm. Wooden base. (BA)
Cf. a very similar figure, dated Song to Ming dynasty, auctioned at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8.10.2014, Hausmann Collection, lot 3353.
Provenance: From European ownership,
Collection S. K. H. Joseph Clemens, Prince of Bavaria (1902–1990)
仕女状香座
中国，明朝或更早，13-15世纪，青铜镂空铸成，外部镀金，局部有小洞，带铜锈痕。类似的拍品在苏富比2014年10月8号香港拍卖会上拍，拍品号3353
出处：欧洲私家收藏，更早被德国巴伐利亚州的王子Joseph Clemens收藏过
Specialist: Angelika Borchert
Angelika Borchert
+43-1-515 60-641
angelika.borchert@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Asian art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 03.12.2014 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 27.11. - 03.12.2014 |