A FINE PARCEL-GILT CENSER AND COVER

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A FINE PARCEL-GILT CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Of rectangular section, the censer is well-cast with mythical beasts rising out of the sea and galloping across turbulent waves, the shorter sides with a pair of lion mask handles suspending rings, supported on a lotus lappet foot, the domed openwork cover cast in high relief with dragons and phoenix amidst swirling clouds, and surmounted with a knop finial cast as a dragon coiled around a 'flaming pearl', the base with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark, all supported on an original bronze stand
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the bronze censer of this shape and type in the Robert H. Clague Collection, included in the 1994 exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum, China's Renaissance in Bronze, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 21.

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