WINTER EXHIBITION 2008 - Roger Keverne

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28 ROGER KEVERNE <strong>WINTER</strong> <strong>2008</strong> 19 An unusual silver-inlaid bronze incense burner in the form of a scholar 17th–18th centuries Height: 8D in, 20.9 cm the scholar sits on a low throne, holding a book in his right hand. He wears a robe, with voluminous sleeves, inlaid in silver wire with a dragon, clouds and leafy scrolls, and an official’s hat and belt, also inlaid in silver wire. The gentleman has a long beard and moustache, and his features bear a thoughtful expression. At the front of the chair is a drawer for the incense with a mask pull, and the back is pierced with three roundels, for the release of the incense smoke, which could also escape through holes in the front of his robe. Formerly in the collection of Charles Gillot (1853–1903), and sold at Maître Paul Chevallier, Paris, 8–13 February 1904, lot 1006. Simple bronze figures of scholars are well documented, but this example, seated on a throne which doubles as the incense receptacle and burner, appears to be very rare.
20 An unusual bronze vase 17th–18th centuries Height: 9I in, 24.1 cm standing on a conical foot ring, the low, globular body rises to a slender, cylindrical neck and terminates in an everted rim. The vase is decorated with flowering prunus, with chased details, rising from rockwork, and with a classic scroll around the foot. The base is incised with a three-character mark, reading Yong bao yong (For use as a treasure forever). The metal is a deep olive tone, apart from a brighter area around the neck where it has been handled. A similar, although much smaller, example is illustrated in Mowry, China’s Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H. Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100–1900, no. 33, pp. 164–6, and is accompanied by an interesting essay. This pattern is, of course, well known on Kangxi ceramics: see, for example, Gardner Neill, The Communion of Scholars: Chinese Art at Yale, no. 36, pp. 84–5; and Honey, The Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries of the Far East, pl. 121, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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