A rare gold and silver-inlaid bronze incense burner


Ming Dynasty With a deep globular body rising to a constricted neck and an everted mouth, the shoulder flanked by two loop handles, the body decorated with four confronted kui dragons amidst 'c' scrolls, above a skirt of triangular lappets set with pendent cicadas, the legs each with a taotie mask, the bronze with a reddish-brown patina. 17cm (6 3/4in) wide.
|明 銅嵌金銀仿古夔龍紋三足爐Provenance: acquired from Andrew Stuart-Robertson Oriental and Fine Arts, Paddington, New South Wales, on 14 November 1998The Reid Collection來源： 於1998年11月14日購自新南威爾斯帕丁頓古董商Andrew Stuart-Robertson Oriental and Fine ArtsReid 收藏