• Dimension: Height: 4 1/8 in (10.5 cm) Diameter: 4 15/16 in (12.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $3500
• Estimate To: $5000

the deep cup-shaped body finely cast with gently tapering side supported on a high, slightly splayed foot, the exterior decorated with a band of petal lappets, each enclosing a stylised pendent trefoil motif and framed by a simulated rope, flanked at the shoulder by a pair of phoenix handles, the outer footrim made up of pendent formalised lotus lappets, cast in relief with a six-character Xuande mark (apocryphal) in a vertical column down the central lotus petal on one side. Ming Dynasty period.

可參考蘇富比香港拍賣, 2014年4月8日水松石山房藏珍玩專場Lot 0213, 成交價為52萬5千港幣。
Please refer to a similar bronze censer, sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong on April 8 2014, Lot 0213 for 525,000 HKD