Commenting is deactivated.

Please post all new topics and queries to the Discussion Forum

Comments for Brass censer enquiry

Click here to add your own comments

May 06, 2010
 censer
by: peter

Robert,

Sorry, I have no idea of the price on an international level, only in the location where I live. I would check completed Ebay sales for similar items.
You can upload a picture and post the question with a separate submission on this blog, if you wish. Maybe some other visitor knows?
May 06, 2010
 Brass bowl from Ming Dynasty
by: Robert

I too have a brass bowl with the same Chinese characters on the bottom. , But with two dragons encircling the characters. The outer surface of the bowl has engravings of a dragon and of a phoenix facing each other, typical representation of Ying and Yang, Male and Female.

Do you have any idea of the value of such a bowl.?

Your input would be most appreciated.

Regards.
Feb 05, 2010
 Chinese Brass Bowls
by: Alan

Peter, thank you for your speedy response to my enquiry.
The bowls came to me from my father-in-law and I suspect that he must have purchased them no later than 1950.
I have a picture of the bowls to upload as soon as I can find how this is done.
Alan
Feb 04, 2010
 reign mark
by: admin

Hello Alan,

The mark says "Da Ming Xuande Nian Zhi" (made during the Xuande reign of the great Ming).
You find the emperor's reign names here: https://www.chinese-antique-porcelain.com/chinese-emperors.html and there is a link to the names in Chinese characters below the table on that page.

If this is a censer I would be careful. Lots of new or recently made censers are or were made with Ming marks.
Hope this helps...

Peter

Click here to add your own comments

Return to Brass censer enquiry.

Return to Ask a question or contribute - archived 2011.