A large Chinese silver tripod censer, Shanghai Xinfengxiang ...

Hammer

€20,000

A large Chinese silver tripod censer, Shanghai Xinfengxiang 上海新鳳祥 mark, dated 1925

Description:

H.: 68 cm (the censer excl. the stand)
H.: 74,5 cm (the censer incl. the stand)

Weight: 3,88 kg (the censer excl. the wooden stand)

Provenance: - The collection of a Portuguese ambassador in China. The main inscription in the middle of the censer reads Ding Sheng Qian Qiu 鼎盛千秋, which translates to: 'Everlasting prosperity'.The inscription on the right side reads 柏芮多總領事惠存, which translates to: 'The Portuguese Consul General accepted this incense burner as a valuable gift.'The inscription on the left side: 湯賡敬贈 西曆一九二五年十二月吉日, which translates to: 'This incense burner respectfully presented by Tang Geng on the auspicious day of December 1925.'





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