XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK, 17TH CENTURY, STYLE OF THE HU WORKSHOPS
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AN ARCHAISTIC GILT-BRONZE TWO-HANDLED INCENSE BURNER
xuande six-character mark, 17th century, style of the hu workshops
Cast around the squat body with a continuous band of flowering branches issuing from rockwork between a narrow chrysanthemum scroll around the foot and a band of cranes in flight among swirling clouds below the rim, all divided by two dragon-loop handles, some wear to gilding
8¾in. (22.2cm.) wide
xuande six-character mark, 17th century, style of the hu workshops
Cast around the squat body with a continuous band of flowering branches issuing from rockwork between a narrow chrysanthemum scroll around the foot and a band of cranes in flight among swirling clouds below the rim, all divided by two dragon-loop handles, some wear to gilding
8¾in. (22.2cm.) wide