GILT BRONZE TRIPOD STAND QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH

elegantly cast in the form of three elongated dragons supporting a circular stand base with a beaded ring, each dragon finely depicted with a horned head, upturned snout, arched body and swirling tail forming the feet of the stand, with well-preserved gilding, with an original cylindrical cloth box, on the inner rim incised with an apocryphal six-character mark 'Da Ming Yong Le Nian Shi (Executed in the Yongle reign of the Ming dynasty)(Dimensions: 14.5cm high) (Qty: 1)

(14.5cm high)

Qty: (1))

Provenance: Formerly in a Private European collection, acquired in 1970s