A CHINESE BRONZE ‘ELEPHANT’ TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

A CHINESE BRONZE ‘ELEPHANT’ TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY

Raised on three elephant-head feet with bejewelled headdresses, the body decorated with bands of key fret and scrolling lotus tendrils, set with two elephant-trunk handles, the openwork cover with further scrolling lotus and surmounted by a recumbent caparisoned elephant topped with a boshanlu finial, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 12', 4.3kg, 34cm. (2)

Cf. Sotheby's Paris, 12th June 2013, lot 131 for a similar example dated as Kangxi mark and period.

清 銅太平有象紋三足爐

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.