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18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A LARGE AND FINELY CAST GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Supported on three elephant-head feet and with a pair of similar elephant-head handles, the sides cast in high relief on one side with a pair of sinuous dragons confronting a flaming pearl and on the reverse with a phoenix perched on a blossoming peony branch, the pierced cover cast with lotus scroll below a recumbent caparisoned elephant supporting on its back a large bowl piled high with auspicious objects, the base cast with six-character Xuande mark
22¾ in. (57.8 cm.) high
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Supported on three elephant-head feet and with a pair of similar elephant-head handles, the sides cast in high relief on one side with a pair of sinuous dragons confronting a flaming pearl and on the reverse with a phoenix perched on a blossoming peony branch, the pierced cover cast with lotus scroll below a recumbent caparisoned elephant supporting on its back a large bowl piled high with auspicious objects, the base cast with six-character Xuande mark
22¾ in. (57.8 cm.) high
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