A cast bronze censer with rope handles


17th/18th centuryOf compressed globular form with short, hollow legs that open into the shallow well, a narrow band of strap-work dragons facing animal masks raised in delicate relief against a fine leiwen ground that encircles the exterior walls below a wide rim supporting the twisted rope handles (patina worn); the later conforming wood cover carved with bats beneath a quatrefoil center medallion.7in (17.7cm) diameter