A GILT AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ‘ARCHAISTIC’ CENSER, DING, LATE MING TO EARLIER QING China, 17^th-18^th century. The compressed globular body supported on three tall legs and rising to a galleried rim set with two upright loop handles. Finely decorated with silver and gilt inlays with an intricate archaistic taotie mask to either side, below key-fret bands along the rim and handles, each foot additionally inlaid with a rectangular design.

Provenance: From a private collection in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, few minuscule nicks, light scratches, small dents, and few small losses to inlays. Fine, naturally grown, dark patina.

Weight: 698.1 g
Dimensions: Height 13.8 cm, Width 10.8 cm (across handles)

Auction result comparison: Compare a related silver wire-inlaid bronze tripod censer, dated to the 16^th century, at Christie’s Hong Kong in The Imperial Sale & Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 3 June 2015, lot 3315, sold for HKD 150,000. Compare a related gold and silver-inlaid bronze tripod censer, also dated 17^th-18^th century, of larger size (26 cm), at Bonhams London in The Parry Collection of Chinese Art on 2 November 2021, lot 18, sold for GBP 18,375.

明末清初銅錯金銀鼎式爐
中國，十七至十八世紀。鼎式爐球形深腹，雙立耳，下承三蹄足。外壁錯金銀饕餮紋。

來源：美國加利福尼亞洛杉磯私人收藏。
品相：輕微磨損，有微小的劃痕，小凹痕，錯金銀輕微缺損，自然生長的深色包漿。

重量：698.1 克
尺寸：高13.8 厘米, 寬10.8 厘米 (雙耳之間)

拍賣結果：比較一件相近銅錯銀三足爐，十六世紀，見香港佳士得The Imperial Sale & Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2015年6月 3日 lot 3315, 售價HKD 150,000。比較一件相近銅錯金銀三足爐，十七至十八世紀，尺寸稍大 (26 厘米)，見倫敦邦翰思The Parry Collection of Chinese Art 2021年11月2 日 lot 18, 售價GBP 18,375。