The censer, of tapering rectangular section, is raised on four blade-shaped legs emerging from gilt dragon-heads. Each side is intricately decorated with a taotie mask flanked by stylised archaistic dragons below a band of similar confronted dragons, separated by gilt vertical flanges on two sides and corners. The mouth rim is set with a pair of upright loop handles. The domed cover is decorated with lotus scrolls amongst foliage. It is surmounted by a jade finial in the form of a Buddhist lion placing one paw on a brocade ball atop a lotus pedestal. The bottom incised with a Chinese Qianlong four character mark.Origin: ChinaPeriod: Qing dynasty (1644-1911)Sizes: 21.00 cm. H x 14.50 cm. W x 11.00 cm. D8.27 in. H x 5.71 in. W x 4.33 in. D