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17TH CENTURY
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A SILVER AND MALACHITE-INLAID PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ARCHAISTIC CENSER, FANGDING
17TH CENTURY
The censer is decorated to each side of the body with a taotie mask below two confronting mythical beasts on a silver-inlaid leiwen ground, divided by raised flanges. Each leg is decorated with a stylised animal mask.
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high
17TH CENTURY
The censer is decorated to each side of the body with a taotie mask below two confronting mythical beasts on a silver-inlaid leiwen ground, divided by raised flanges. Each leg is decorated with a stylised animal mask.
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high
Special notice
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