Lot 78143 A Pair of Japanese Gilt Bronze Elephant-Form Incense Burners with Fitted Wood Stands

A Pair of Japanese Gilt Bronze Elephant-Form Incense Burners with Fitted Wood Stands

Meiji period

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$8,000 - $12,000

22-1/2 x 13 x 9 inches (57.1 x 33.0 x 22.9 cm) (each, overall)

The first example showing partial loss to the pagoda's second story roof beam and one element of the elephant saddle no longer extant; the second censer with one pagoda element no longer extant, three roof beams slanted with partial loss to one, both with rubbing to gilt and patina, the bases with scattered nicks and one area of repair each consistent with the nature of the material, with overall wear from handling and display.

each caparisoned elephant cast with raised trunk and long tusk, the neck suspending a bell in flame-form, the caparison cast in high relief with a fierce dragon to each side, with hanging tassel-form decorations, carrying a two-story pagoda-form pierced cover, each hexagonal pagoda intricately constructed with roof tassels, each incense burner accompanied by an intricately carved fitted wood stand
Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity from P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd. Works of Art, December 22, 1990.
以下内容由AI翻译：
【名称】
日本明治时期鎏金铜象形香炉一对（带木座）
【年代】
明治时期
【描述】
每件披甲象铸有高举的象鼻和长牙，颈部悬挂火焰形铃铛，披甲以高浮雕铸造，两侧各有一只凶猛的龙，带有垂挂的流苏形装饰，顶部承载一个两层宝塔形镂空盖，每个六角形宝塔精心构造，屋顶有流苏，每件香炉配有精雕细琢的木座
附有P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd. Works of Art于1990年12月22日出具的真品证书。
【品相】
第一件香炉的宝塔第二层屋檐部分缺失，象鞍的一个元素不再存在；第二件香炉的一个宝塔元素不再存在，三个屋檐倾斜，其中一个部分缺失，两者镀金和包浆有磨损，底座有零星磕碰和一处修复，与材料性质一致，整体因使用和展示而有磨损。