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CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE DING CENSER WITH COVER

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CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE DING CENSER WITH COVER
CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE DING CENSER WITH COVER
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Cast in archaic ding form with two upright handles at the rim, the exterior cast with taotie masks divided by flanges all against a leiwen ground. With fitted carved ruyi motif wooden cover. Qing dynasty. Height to top of handle: 20.5cm (8 in.) Width from handle to handle: 15.8cm (6 1/4 in.) Provenance: From the collection of Anthropologist Dr. Richard Frank Salisbury FRSC (1926-1989). Educated at Cambridge, Harvard and Australian National University, Salisbury was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1974 for his contributions to Canadian anthropology. He founded the McGill University Anthropology Department, serving as its first chair from 1966-70 and teaching there until his death. He was cofounder and director of McGill's Centre for Developing Areas Studies, served on the board of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, was a member of the 1977 Quebec Commission on Higher Education and became Honourary Secretary of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE DING CENSER WITH COVER

Estimate CA$2,000 - CA$3,000
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Starting Price CA$1,000
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