CHINESE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BOMBE TRIPOD CENSER,Xuande mark, Qing Dynasty. Compressed circular form with integrated upright loop handles, the base cast with a sixteen-character inscription incorporating an apocryphal Xuande date, reading Da Ming Xuande wunian Jiandu Gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao (Made by Wu Bangzuo, supervisor of the Ministry of Works, in the 5th year of Xuande of the Great Ming) 清 宣德款銅灑金三足雙耳爐 - 10 in. diam. Estimate $600-900
PROVENANCE: Estate of Alice Ingersoll Nagle, Chevy Chase, MD, through family descent from her father, Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll, Western Sea Frontier commander during World War II
Good condition except for few minor scratches on the surface.
