Lot 983. Two iron-rust glazed incense burners, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; 5 3/8 and 5in (3.7 and 2.7cm) wide across handles. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. Sold for US$ 3,500 (€2,954) inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2017

Each of carefully potted bombé form, simulating Ming dynasty bronze censers, the first standing on a flared foot, its waisted neck and swelling sides supporting two arched openwork handles, all surfaces, except the recessed base and the floor of the interior well, applied with a brownish-red glaze suffused with iridescent speckles; the second rising from a nearly straight foot to a gently waisted neck, with a thin, slightly rounded rim, flanked by two stylized chilong handles, the rust-red glaze mottled with silver-gray spots, the foot pad and the interior floor unglazed.

Provenance: Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield 

Larger censer: Estate of Theodora Lang, granddaughter of Hamm's Brewing founder Theodore Hamm, St. Paul, Minnesota
Jeremy Moore Antiques, Minneapolis, Minnesota, acquired 12th October 2010
Smaller censer: an English Collection
Tom Tigerio Antiques, Seattle, Washington, acquired 27th March 2009