A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the compressed globular body rising from three conical feet to an everted rim set with a pair of loop handles, cast around the exterior with two cusped panels reserved with Quranic inscriptions, one which may be translated as 'There is no God but Allah', apocryphal Xuande mark to base, 14.5cm diameter 清十八世紀 外銷伊斯蘭銅三足鬲式爐the compressed globular body rising from three conical feet to an everted rim set with a pair of loop handles, cast around the exterior with two cusped panels reserved with Quranic inscriptions, one which may be translated as 'There is no God but Allah', apocryphal Xuande mark to base, 14.5cm diameter