A BRONZE ROPE-HANDLED TRIPOD CENSER 17TH/18TH CENTURY
the compressed globular body rising from three short spreading feet to a short straight neck and flaring rim, set at the rim with a pair of rope-twist handles, the base cast with a four-character mark reading yongcun zhenwan ('everlasting rare curiosities'), the metal patinated to an even light golden-brown tone
13 cm, 5 1/8 in.
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the compressed globular body rising from three short spreading feet to a short straight neck and flaring rim, set at the rim with a pair of rope-twist handles, the base cast with a four-character mark reading yongcun zhenwan ('everlasting rare curiosities'), the metal patinated to an even light golden-brown tone
13 cm, 5 1/8 in.