A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY, 17TH – 18TH CENTURY
of ding form, cast with a cylindrical body supported on three tall cylindrical legs and rising to a constricted neck and wide galleried rim, the neck flanked by a pair of stylised mythical beast mask handles, each with a mock ring extending over the main body, the gently raised centre of the base with a recessed panel enclosing an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, the exterior densely decorated overall save for the mark with gold splashes
15.5 cm, 6 in.
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of ding form, cast with a cylindrical body supported on three tall cylindrical legs and rising to a constricted neck and wide galleried rim, the neck flanked by a pair of stylised mythical beast mask handles, each with a mock ring extending over the main body, the gently raised centre of the base with a recessed panel enclosing an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, the exterior densely decorated overall save for the mark with gold splashes
15.5 cm, 6 in.
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