GOOD EARLY CHINESE BRONZE CENSER - SEAL MARK BASE - POSS. 16th / 17th CENTURY

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Double your traffic. This is a very interesting chinese bronze censer, i have been told this is probably a Chinese 16th/17th Century Finely Made Bronze Censer , copying the designs of the Shang Dynasty bronzes (1500BC) but later - possibly Ming dynasty. It is superbly decorated with Chinese, archaic symbols, including two striking bats heads, the base has archaic Chinese script marks in relief. It is 10cm high and 11.2cm across the top, in good condition, with a wonderful patina, it actually feels like it has a wax coating - could be a very rare quality early Ming bronze censer, i would prefer viewing on this piece as im unable to guarantee the exact age as ive seen nothing to compare it with, so im selling as unknown age, but my opinion would probably be ming dynasty, viewing is the safest and best option, also info very welcome on this such as what the base mark means, ive also listed some more very rare oriental pieces. DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF NON PAYING BIDDERS - ALL MY AUCTIONS HAVE BUYER REQUIREMENTS - SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT ME SO I CAN ALLOW YOU TO BID - ANYONE WHO BIDS AND THEN RETRACTS BIDS DAYS AFTER WILL BE BLOCKED FROM FUTURE AUCTIONS - ALSO NON PAYING BIDDERS WILL BE REPORTED AND BLOCKED - BUYER REQUIREMENTS I HAVE SET ARE BELOW - SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME SO I CAN ADD YOU TO LIST OF CONFIRMED BIDDERS. Block buyers who: Have received 2 unpaid item(s) recorded on their account within 12 month(s) Have 4 breach of policy report(s) within 6 month(s) Have a Feedback score equal to or lower than -1 I WILL HAPPILY COMBINE POSTAGE IF YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE ITEM.... I WILL REDUCE POSTAGE SO PLEASE REQUEST THE TOTAL WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED BIDDING. Please note most of the items I sell are antique,vintage or second hand and as such some may have been around for many years, they might show signs of use & wear and whilst I will describe condition to the best of my ability, everyone has a different idea of condition. Please study my photo's and ask any questions before bidding,i start most items at 99p with no reserve,i do not decide the final bid price so please make sure you are happy with the item shown in my pictures as i do not profess to be an expert and cannot be accountable for buyers expectations. sorry no buy it now prices - all my items will sell to the highest bidder - please bid early, in the past ive had people offer more money after auction has ended saying there computer went down or there sniper bid failed to go off-again im sorry but item will still sell to the highest bidder. shipping for all countries are given under the POSTAGE AND PAYMENT SECTION (at the side of the description heading) just if you are wondering what price it is in dollars etc please search google for a currency converter and it will give you a more accurate price.i usually give all my measurements in cm,but if you want to convert it into inches 1 inch is equal to 2.5cm,2 inches is equal to 5cm etc etc or again do a google search for unit conversion cm to inches etc. Anyone who says item not as described "but they would like to keep it" and asks for a partial refund will be blocked from future auctions and reported to ebay on the REPORT A BUYER link, i would rather give a full refund and have the item returned if it is not as described, partial refunds are only given under exceptional circumstances where the item wasnt as described or if i had missed significant damage, like most sellers on ebay they are plagued by fraudulent buyers who buy items and they complain item damaged or not as described and then they threaten negative feedback unless they get a significent partial refund and get to keep the item, anyone who is into this PLEASE DO NOT BID . LASTLY GOOD LUCK AND IN ALL MY AUCTIONS - I WILL HAPPILY COMBINE POSTAGE IF YOU WIN MORE THAN ONE ITEM-JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOUVE F... read more

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