A bronze tripod censer. Ming Dynasty, 17th/18th century
A bronze tripod censer. Ming Dynasty, 17th/18th century
A bronze tripod censer of compressed shape with two handles, a dragon roundel in relief inside with the characters Da Ming Xuande and an apocryphal six-character mark Xuande at the base.
Height 8.8 cm; width 13.5 cm
Provenance
Acquired by the mother of the present owner in the 1950s in China, thence by descent