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A SILVER INLAID PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER, FANGDING
17TH CENTURY
Cast to each face of the rectangular body with a taotie mask below a border of archaistic phoenix in flight, divided at the centre of each panel and corners with protruding flanges, the legs formed as four dragon-headed carp, all with rounded bulging eyes reserved on a silver-wire leiwen ground, the rim and angular ring handles inlaid with silver-wire key-fret bands--8 1/4in. (21cm.) high, wood stand and cover
17TH CENTURY
Cast to each face of the rectangular body with a taotie mask below a border of archaistic phoenix in flight, divided at the centre of each panel and corners with protruding flanges, the legs formed as four dragon-headed carp, all with rounded bulging eyes reserved on a silver-wire leiwen ground, the rim and angular ring handles inlaid with silver-wire key-fret bands--8 1/4in. (21cm.) high, wood stand and cover