A large Chinese patinated bronze archaistic tripod censer, Ding, and wood cover, The Bronze 17th/18th Century or Earlier
清青銅鼎式爐

The Bronze 17th/18th Century or Earlier

In the typical form of a “Ding”, with two loop handles and three legs, the main body decorated with three groups of archaistic toatie masks against diaper ground segmented by three flanges, legs with similar masks, carved wood cover with three cloud-form apertures, topped by an associted carved rock crystal beast-form finial.

Height without cover 14 in., 35.6 cm.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance:

Property from the Collection of Jose Menache Neistein (1934-2020).

Dr. Neistein was born in São Paulo, Brazil to a Jewish immigrant family. As an intellectual with a deep appreciation of a variety of artistic and cultural fields, he served at various times as a critic, teacher, curator, cultural attaché, and lecturer. Dr. Neistein's art collection, as broad as his interests and activities, developed over 50 fruitful years of acquisition and study.

Residing in the United States from 1970 to 2020, Dr. Neistein was invited by the Itamaraty to occupy the position of Cultural Attaché at the Brazilian Embassy as Executive-Director of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI) in Washington D.C. During the same period, He was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Contributing Editor for the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

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Jose Menache Neistein (1934-2020)收藏

Neistein博士出生於巴西聖保羅的一個猶太家庭。秉承著對藝術的鑽研與熱愛，他曾擔任評論，講師等多重工作。他的的收藏亦彰顯五十年以來的熱忱。

Neistein博士於1970至2020年間流寓美國，他受邀於巴西外交部，出任位於華盛頓的巴西美國文化中心會長。其人亦為賓夕法尼亞大學客座教授以及國家圖書館拉丁系編輯。

Scattered fills of casting flaws, soiled and encrusted patina, scattered casting pits and small holes, a fine crack and sun fading to wood cover, and the finial are probably associated.

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Asian Works of Art

A large Chinese patinated bronze archaistic tripod censer, Ding, and wood cover, The Bronze 17th/18th Century or Earlier
清青銅鼎式爐

Asian Works of Art

A large Chinese patinated bronze archaistic tripod censer, Ding, and wood cover, The Bronze 17th/18th Century or Earlier 清 青銅鼎式爐

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A large Chinese patinated bronze archaistic tripod censer, Ding, and wood cover, The Bronze 17th/18th Century or Earlier
清青銅鼎式爐