A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'MYTHICAL TWIN BIRD' CENSER MING DYNASTY
the birds conjoined at their sides, each with a C-shaped wing swept downward to elevate the censer, the tails interlocking with one passing over the other and then descending to form a support, the other tail sweeping under and then rising to form a handle, the necks twisting around each other and the faces turned upward with the mouth open, the archaistic feathers inlaid in gold and silver, the underside with two small pairs of legs tucked into the belly
Length 4 3/4 in., 12 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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the birds conjoined at their sides, each with a C-shaped wing swept downward to elevate the censer, the tails interlocking with one passing over the other and then descending to form a support, the other tail sweeping under and then rising to form a handle, the necks twisting around each other and the faces turned upward with the mouth open, the archaistic feathers inlaid in gold and silver, the underside with two small pairs of legs tucked into the belly
Length 4 3/4 in., 12 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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