A LARGE SILVER-WIRE INLAID BRONZE DING AND COVER
A LARGE SILVER-WIRE INLAID BRONZE DING AND COVER

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A LARGE SILVER-WIRE INLAID BRONZE DING AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

Of circular section and in archaistic form, the tripod censer is cast in relief around the compressed globular body with elaborate taotie masks highlighted with silver inlay and divided by vertical flanges, the flat everted rim with a pair of upright loop handles, fitted with a reticulated wood cover surmounted by a coral finial carved with lingzhi
11 in. (28 cm.) high

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