A Chinese bronze compressed censer

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A Chinese bronze compressed censer
with animal-head and loose-ring handles, decorated with a continuous band of ducks among lotus and waves below a band of ruyi-heads -- 5.in (12.7cm) wide, Xuande six-character mark, 17th/18th Century, (rubbing); and a small Ming polished bronze circular box and cover decorated with lotus -- 1.in (4.5cm) diam, 16th/17th Century, (rubbed).
See Colour Plate 52. (2)

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