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A GILT-SPLASHED ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CENSER, FANGDING
17TH CENTURY
The censer raised on four thin cylindrical legs supporting the rectangular body finely cast in a band on each of the four sides with a taotie-mask against a leiwen-ground, divided at the corners with a vertical flange, the angular handles formed on the everted mouth rim along each of the shorter sides, dappled overall with irregular sized gilt-splashes
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
17TH CENTURY
The censer raised on four thin cylindrical legs supporting the rectangular body finely cast in a band on each of the four sides with a taotie-mask against a leiwen-ground, divided at the corners with a vertical flange, the angular handles formed on the everted mouth rim along each of the shorter sides, dappled overall with irregular sized gilt-splashes
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high