CHINESE BRONZE 'INSCRIBED' CENSER
XUANDE MARK, QING DYNASTY
Estimate: £500 - £700
Auction: 12 March 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 宣德款 銅阿拉伯文題字戟耳簋式爐
of gui form, both sides inscribed in ink with Arabic inscriptions, flanked by a pair of ji handles, the base cast with a six-character Xuande mark in a recessed panel
Dimensions
15.5cm wide across handles; 650g
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Peeblesshire
蘇格蘭私人收藏，皮布爾斯鎮
Footnote
It is rare to find an ink-inscribed bronze censer. Bronze vessels with Arabic inscriptions were more commonly cast together with the vessels, for use both by foreign Muslims living in China and by the large population of Chinese Muslims. Chinese decorative arts with Arabic inscriptions started in the sixteenth century, with the majority made from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.