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A RARE BRONZE CENSER AND OPENWORK COVER
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The censer is shaped as a deep cup raised on a tall splayed foot decorated with a lappet band, the sides cast with lotus-petal lobes rising to the mouth rim and encircled above the mid-section with a twisted rope band, set with a pair of bird masks suspending loose rings, the cover well cast in reticulation with five cranes in flight amidst ruyi clouds, surmounted by a finial shaped as a lotus pod, the details highlighted in gilt
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, box
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The censer is shaped as a deep cup raised on a tall splayed foot decorated with a lappet band, the sides cast with lotus-petal lobes rising to the mouth rim and encircled above the mid-section with a twisted rope band, set with a pair of bird masks suspending loose rings, the cover well cast in reticulation with five cranes in flight amidst ruyi clouds, surmounted by a finial shaped as a lotus pod, the details highlighted in gilt
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, box