A RARE GILT-FLECKED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER AND STAND
17th/18th century
Heavily cast with a compressed globular body surmounted by a short neck encircled with a narrow channel and a broad lipped rim, all supported on three short tubular waisted feet, the base cast with an apocryphal four-character Xuande seal mark within a recessed rectangle, the stand cast to resemble a mallow flower with overlapping petals supported on three ruyi-form feet, the surfaces highlighted with gold speckles.
7 1/8in (18cm) diameter, 13.5lbs (6.12kg)