A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE 'BUDDHIST LION' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE 'BUDDHIST LION' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY

6kg, 35cm. (2)

From the collection of George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby, acquired in the 1970s, and thence by descent.

The rounded body with curved upright handles with archaistic band and raised on three animal-mask feet, the over pierced with trigrams and with a Buddhist lion finial.