A GOLD-SPLASH BRONZE 'PHOENIX' INCENSE BURNER.A GOLD-SPLASH BRONZE 'PHOENIX' INCENSE BURNER. The bombé-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck decorated with irregular gilt splashes and cast with two handles in form of mythical birds with small crests to the top of the heads and detailed plumage, a six character Zhengde mark to the base, contained in a box, 16.5cm across, 1.6kg. 銅灑金雙鳳耳圈足爐，陽文「大明正德年製」篆書款 For a comparable example please see Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Song aux Qing, 2013, p.127, no 74.