A MASSIVE CHINESE BRONZE 'CHILONG' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER

A MASSIVE CHINESE BRONZE 'CHILONG' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
MING DYNASTY

The compressed body with two applied chilong rising from the shoulder and forming the loop handles, with two further chilong clambering on each side, all supported on three cabriole legs, the base cast with the mark, Da Ming Xuande wu nian jian du gong bu guan chen Wu Bangzuo zao, which can be translated as 'in the year of Xuande of the Great Ming dynasty, supervised by Wu Bangzuo from, the Ministry of Works', 16kg, 59cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Shropshire.

明 銅螭龍紋沖天耳三足爐
《大明宣德五年監督工部官臣吳邦佐造》仿款
來源：英國什羅普郡私人收藏。