CHINESE BRONZE 'INSCRIBED' HANDLED CENSER
20TH CENTURY
£693
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
二十世紀 宣德款 銅鑄蚰耳爐 帶木座
the heavily cast body of compressed globular form, raising from a short splayed foot to a gently flared rim, set with a pair of ring handles, the base with a six-character ‘Xuande’ mark in a recessed square panel, the mouth rim incised ‘The Williams Bowl/ Bedhampton Cricket Club’, whilst the round sides incised with various names of the club's captains, with their service year spanned from 1934 to 1939; together with a fitted wooden stand labelled 'The Williams Bowl’
Dimensions
22cm wide; 2300g
Footnote
Bedhampton Cricket Club in England was established in 1872 and celebrated 150 Years as a Club in 2022, it is still active nowadays.