A BRONZE SQUARE-SECTION 'KUI-DRAGON' CENSER AND COVER, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The censer is decorated with four raised elephant-head handles to the shoulders, the body is decorated with alternating bands of squared scrolls and archaistic kui dragons on a leiwen ground. The tall cover is similarly embellished with a band of squared scrolls below openwork kui dragons on a leiwen ground, all below a finial in the form of a Buddhist lion and brocade ball.
10.1/4 in. (26 cm.) high overall
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The censer is decorated with four raised elephant-head handles to the shoulders, the body is decorated with alternating bands of squared scrolls and archaistic kui dragons on a leiwen ground. The tall cover is similarly embellished with a band of squared scrolls below openwork kui dragons on a leiwen ground, all below a finial in the form of a Buddhist lion and brocade ball.
10.1/4 in. (26 cm.) high overall
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