【藏品名稱】：大明宣德年製(款)撒金鏤空(蓋)銅香爐
[collection name]: Bronze censer made in Xuande year of the Ming Dynasty
【藏品類別】：香爐
[collection type]: incense burner
【藏品數量】：一對
[collection quantity]: a pair
【藏品起拍價】：46萬
[starting price of collection]: 460000
熏香的歷史在中國由來已久，而香爐，是“香道”必備的器具，也是華人民俗、宗教、祭祀活動中必不可少的供具。歷代使用的香器包含博山爐、手爐、香斗、臥爐、香筒等不同形制的香爐，以及熏球、香插、香盤、香盒、香夾、香鏟、香匙、香筒及香囊等配套器具，使用的質料主要包括銅、陶瓷、金銀、竹木器、琺瑯及玉石等。其用途亦有多種，或熏衣﹑或陳設﹑或敬神供佛。形狀上常見為方形或圓形，方形的香爐一般有四足；圓形的香爐，都有三足，一足在前，兩足在后放置。
Incense has a long history in China, and incense burner is not only the necessary instrument of "incense way", but also the indispensable offering in Chinese folk custom, religion and sacrifice activities. The incense utensils used in the past dynasties include Boshan stove, handmade stove, incense bucket, lying stove, incense tube and other incense furnaces of different shapes, as well as supporting appliances such as smoked ball, incense plug, incense plate, incense box, incense clip, spatula, incense spoon, incense tube and sachet. The materials used mainly include copper, ceramics, gold and silver, bamboo and wood ware, enamel and jade. It can also be used for many purposes, such as fumigation, display or worship. The shape is usually square or round, and the square censer generally has four feet; the round censer has three feet, one foot in front and two feet in the back.
今日來看，古熏香爐珍藏的目的年月大都集中在宋、元、明、清四朝，但四代的香爐都各有差異。宋代之前，香爐作為我國古代傳統的適用器，主要是用青銅和陶為原料。漢代之后到清代香爐的材質逐漸豐富，樣式也更加多變。發展期間，各種文人雅士也熱衷于把玩收藏，從而逐漸形成了爐文化，成為了當時的一種時尚，也是一種品位的體現。而到了如今，更是有了很高的藝術價值和收藏價值。
Today, the collection of ancient incense burners is mainly concentrated in the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, but the incense burners of the four generations are different. Before the Song Dynasty, the censer, as a traditional appliance in ancient China, mainly used bronze and pottery as raw materials. From the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the materials of censers were gradually enriched and the styles were more changeable. During the period of development, various literati and scholars were also keen on playing collection, which gradually formed furnace culture, became a fashion at that time, and also a manifestation of taste. Now, it has a high artistic value and collection value.
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文中此對宣德年間撒金鏤空(蓋)銅香爐，器蓋渾圓規整，采用了鏤空造型。工整秀美，鑄工精細準確，包漿溫潤，寶氣內蘊，自有一種雍容華貴的氣質。爐體兩邊的虎頭造型十分氣派，爐身上書金玉滿堂，周圍花紋繁復，精美絕倫。爐底三足，底部龍紋纏繞鐫刻“大明宣德年制”六字。整體造型規矩精巧古典，大氣非凡，質樸蘊斂，非常精致，應屬精致入微品位極高之品。雖經歲月洗禮，但是鑄造細節之處依然清晰可見，銹色自然古樸，古色古香的韻味，令人仿佛看到縷縷熏香隨之四散開來。
In this paper, the bronze censer was covered with gold in Xuande period. The lid was round and regular, and the hollow shape was adopted. It is neat and beautiful, the casting is precise and accurate, the coating is warm and moist, and it has a kind of elegant temperament. The shape of tiger head on both sides of the furnace body is very imposing. The books on the furnace body are full of gold and jade, and the surrounding patterns are complex and exquisite. At the bottom of the stove, there are three legs on the bottom, and the dragon pattern on the bottom is twined and engraved with six characters: "Xuande year system of the Ming Dynasty". The overall shape is exquisite and classic, extraordinary atmosphere, simple and restrained, very exquisite, which should be the product of exquisite and exquisite taste. Although it has been baptized by years, the casting details are still clearly visible. The rustic color is natural and simple, and the antique charm makes people feel as if the continuous incense is scattered.
此藏品極其罕見，存世量極少，是一件極其珍貴的收藏品，從近20年的國內拍賣成交狀況看，明清銅香爐的成交數量和成交價都在逐年上漲。2000年以后，銅香爐的平均成交價格穩定上升，近幾年，銅爐收藏勢頭不容小覷，各大拍場佳績頻傳。其歷史意義、收藏價值不可估量。
This collection is extremely rare and rare. It is a very precious collection. Judging from the domestic auction situation in the past 20 years, the transaction volume and transaction price of copper censers in Ming and Qing Dynasties are increasing year by year. After 2000, the average transaction price of the copper censer increased steadily. In recent years, the collection momentum of the copper censer can not be underestimated, and the performances of the major auction venues are frequent. Its historical significance and collection value are immeasurable.
