Live Auction 4607Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
A PIERCED BRASS SPHERE INCENSE BURNER
Lot 158

A PIERCED BRASS SPHERE INCENSE BURNER

GERMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY

Closed6 March 2012

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GBP 1,625

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A PIERCED BRASS SPHERE INCENSE BURNER
GERMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
The hinged body decorated with symmetrical birds and foliage; the interior with multi-hinged balancing system and semi-spherical centre
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam.

Specialist note

A highly comparable 18th century German brass sphere can be found in the Kulturgeschichtliches Museum, Osnabrck (G. Schiedlausky, Kuhlkugel und Wrmapfel, Munich, 1984, p. 90 and 93, cat. no. 60).