LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Ming gilt-copper censer
Late 16th/early 17th Century
The compressed globular sides below the flaring rim decorated in gilded high relief with auspicious symbols interspersed within a meander of stylised lotus and foliage, reserved on a ring-punched ground, the sides applied with stylised dragon-mask handles, the base with a gilded chrysanthemum, minor old damage
13.5 cm. across handles
Late 16th/early 17th Century
The compressed globular sides below the flaring rim decorated in gilded high relief with auspicious symbols interspersed within a meander of stylised lotus and foliage, reserved on a ring-punched ground, the sides applied with stylised dragon-mask handles, the base with a gilded chrysanthemum, minor old damage
13.5 cm. across handles
Special notice
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