Lot 159 , A Chinese bronze censer, gui, 18th century

A Chinese bronze censer, gui, 18th century, with olive-brown patina, cast with a pair of lion-mask handles, the baluster-shaped body above a circular foot, 14.5cm diameter, 8.3cm high
£600-800

Condition:
Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent. This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier. The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale. Some water residue to the interior, occasional minute nicks to the edge of the rim, otherwise in good condition with no restoration or damage detected.

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