Lot Essay
(US$3,000-4,000)
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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER AND A HARDWOOD COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The censer is cast on one side with a pair of confronted phoenix standing in profile on a lotus canopy flanked on either side by a qilin, the reverse similarly decorated with a pair of geese, with two elephant-tusk shaped handles on either side of the body, all on a punched-ring ground and the slightly domed hardwood cover carved with ruyi clouds, surmounted by an agate finial
6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) wide, wood stand
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The censer is cast on one side with a pair of confronted phoenix standing in profile on a lotus canopy flanked on either side by a qilin, the reverse similarly decorated with a pair of geese, with two elephant-tusk shaped handles on either side of the body, all on a punched-ring ground and the slightly domed hardwood cover carved with ruyi clouds, surmounted by an agate finial
6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) wide, wood stand