A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE PARCEL GILT ‘BAMBOO’ INCENSE BURNER.Early Qing Dynasty, signed Li Yuanhe.The cylindrical body modelled as a bamboo stem in three nodular sections, supported on bowed tripod feet formed as three smaller stems, the sides set with leafy branches, naturalistically modelled in high relief, covered overall with splashes of gilt, laterally inverted four character Li Yuanhe zhi mark in a recessed panel to the base.17cm H, 20.3cm diameter.4.15kg.Provenance: English private collection.早清 銅局部鎏金竹節三足爐，「李元和制」款 Li Yuanhe appears to be unrecorded in traditional connoisseurship. It is possible, however, that zhi means ‘made for’ rather than ‘made by’ in which case it is more likely the name of the patron.