A BRONZE 'SHOU' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERXuande six-character mark, Ming/Qing DynastyOfpressed globular form, the vessel rising from threelingzhi-shaped conical feet to a waisted neck, applied with a pair of handles in the form of a ferociouschilong with a bifurcated tail, the body decorated in subtle relief on each side with a stylisedshou character flanked by a pair of archaisticchilong, the underside with an apocryphal Xuande mark.22.3cm (8 3/4in) wideProvenance: 明/清 銅螭龍耳壽字紋香爐陽文「大明宣德年製」楷書款Compare to a bronze tripod incense burner and cover, carved also to the exterior with a pair ofshou characters flanked by dragons and divided at the shoulder by a pair ofchilong handles, Qing dynasty Kangxi period, which was offered at Sotheby's London, 7 November 2018, lot 40.比較倫敦蘇富比2018年11月7日釋出一件清康熙銅螭龍耳壽字紋香爐，拍品40。