A MINIATURE CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE INCENSE BURNER

A MINIATURE CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
16TH/17TH CENTURY

Of gui form, the rounded rectangular body supported on a flared foot and decorated below the rim with a band of scrolling lotus leaves, set with two loop handles issuing from beast masks, the recessed base with a six-character Xuande mark, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 40', 84g, 6.5cm.

Provenance: purchased from Gerard Hawthorn Ltd, 'Miniature Works of Art' Exhibition, November 2003, no.7.

Cf. Lin Pe-yu, Censers, Incense Burners and Hand Warmers, Wellington Wang Collection, p.192, no.162 for a related example.

十六/十七世紀 銅雙耳簋式爐

《大明宣德年製》

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.