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Subject:Antique bronze Chinese incenser: Age? Writing?
Posted By: Paul Sat, Apr 05, 2014 IP: 98.176.254.186

I got this in Penang, Malaysia (large, old Chinese community) in the late 1980s.

Bronze. 5" diameter. Original base.

I'd like to know its approximate age. Also, translation of the three characters. Thank you!

(There is no writing on the bowl part.)








Subject:Re: Antique bronze Chinese incenser: Age? Writing?
Posted By: mikeoz Mon, Apr 07, 2014

Four and a half inches 四半寸

and being written left to right could indicate relatively recent manufacture.

Subject:Re: Antique bronze Chinese incenser: Age? Writing?
Posted By: Paul Mon, Apr 07, 2014

Thanks. 4.5", that's the outside diameter of the bowl top, so it makes sense.

Regardless of when it was made, it must have seen heavy use on a shrine with lots of incense, because the patina is "rich".


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