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A Chinese bronze octagonal tripod censer
and pierced cover with seated Buddhistic lion finial, the waisted body decorated in silver inlay with figures in garden landscape scenes, the scrolling handles decorated with ruyi motifs issuing from mythical beast masks, the legs issuing from similar masks, on a hexagonal base pierced with stylised key fret -- 27in. (68.6cm) high, 19th Century.
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and pierced cover with seated Buddhistic lion finial, the waisted body decorated in silver inlay with figures in garden landscape scenes, the scrolling handles decorated with ruyi motifs issuing from mythical beast masks, the legs issuing from similar masks, on a hexagonal base pierced with stylised key fret -- 27in. (68.6cm) high, 19th Century.
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