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A RARE LARGE LATE MING BRONZE CENSER
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Of oval cross-section, flanked with a pair of elaborate handles, each modelled as a mythical lion with mouth grasping onto the mouth rim of the vessel, the body arched with its hind legs standing on the forehead of a mythical beast protruding from the waisted sides, all supported on four talon-formed feet, the exterior base bearing an impressed apocryphal Xuande mark
26 in. (66 cm.) wide, wood stand
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Of oval cross-section, flanked with a pair of elaborate handles, each modelled as a mythical lion with mouth grasping onto the mouth rim of the vessel, the body arched with its hind legs standing on the forehead of a mythical beast protruding from the waisted sides, all supported on four talon-formed feet, the exterior base bearing an impressed apocryphal Xuande mark
26 in. (66 cm.) wide, wood stand
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