A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE 'DING' CENSER WITH JADE-EMBELLISHED HARDWOOD LID QING DYNASTY (1644-1912), 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

Description: A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE 'DING' CENSER WITH JADE-EMBELLISHED HARDWOOD LID
QING DYNASTY (1644-1912), 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Raised on three cabriole legs with masks, a loop handle emerging from either side, and taotie masks to the front and rear of the vessel, the whole covered in a beautiful verdigris patina. Together with a fitted hardwood stand, and a domed hardwood lid embellished with a jade hat finial carved as a lingzhi mushroom group (probably Ming Dynasty).
33.5cm high, 28cm diameter

Condition:

Condition: The ding with one broken and reattached leg (old repair). Old repairs to the hardwood stand. One section of the rim of the hardwood lid with a large chip (worn down). Encrusted oxidised verdigris patina to the bronze.

LJ delivery size: Small

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