A MASSIVE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER INLAID ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER

QING DYNASTY

With a compressed circular body with six flanges, decorated with taotie masks inlaid with gold and silver on a dense diaper ground, the neck with a band of archaistic mythical beasts, and with two high loop handles rising from the rim, all raised on three feet, 49.5cm high, 18kg.

Provenance: from the collection of Sir Henry Norman (1858-1939).