A GILT BRONZE RECTANGULAR TWO-HANDLED CENSER AND COVER
A GILT BRONZE RECTANGULAR TWO-HANDLED CENSER AND COVER
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A GILT BRONZE RECTANGULAR TWO-HANDLED CENSER AND COVER

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A GILT BRONZE RECTANGULAR TWO-HANDLED CENSER AND COVER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The censer is elaborately cast to the sides with archaistic kui dragons, with an apocryphal six character Xuande mark to the base. The openwork cover is similarly decorated with archaistic kui dragons, below a finial modelled as a recumbent single-horned qilin.
12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) wide across handles

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