Kavel 147

A Chinese gold-splashed bronze censer modelled as a stylised duck, the detachable head with small beak, curling crest and a collar of feathers around the neck, the pierced wings stretched out against the body, the top of the tail pierced with three apetures, the bronze covered with irregular gold splashes, China, 18th/19th century -H. 10,5 cm, L. 15 cm-_x000D_ Provenance: purchased at Christie's Amsterdam, 12 May 1999, Lot # 180 for 8.000 Dutch Guilders