Sold for $3,438

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Japanese Mixed Metal Inlaid Bronze Tripod Censer

19TH/20TH CENTURY

the lobed, compressed body cast with gilt panels showing birds resting atop pine and flowering branches, set with a pair of gilt highlighted lion head-form handles, rising to a short, recessed neck and a galleried mouth, all supported on cylindrical legs.

Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm.

Property from the Estate of Paul B. Dombrowski, Monona, Wisconsin

Condition Report

In overall good stable condition, with some surface scratches at the feet, and a slight bruise at the mouth. Mineralization concentrated in the interior at in the relief decoration.

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