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A heavily cast Nepalese gilt-bronze censer, probably 18th…
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Melbourne
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16-Jun-2014
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A heavily cast Nepalese gilt-bronze censer, probably 18th century, in the form of a kylin with a cobra rearing up on his back, a sealed compartment under the stomach, 22 cm high, 17 cm wide. Provenance: A Sydney private collection, passed down by descent from the parents, who were given this figure as a gift by a man whose parents were missionaries in China in the late Qing period.
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Unclassified