AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF GILT-SPLASHED DUCK INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS

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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF GILT-SPLASHED DUCK INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS
17TH/18TH CENTURY

Each cast standing on curling webbed feet, looking up and slightly to one side, with lotus stems and flowers emerging from the open beak and forming the openwork covers, with broad tail and incised feather details, the bronze decorated with regularly-spaced gilt splashes--10 1/4in. (26cm.) long (2)

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