A Chinese Gilt Bronze ‘Dragon and Sea Creatures’ Censer and Cover Of oval form on a flared foot, cast on four sides with a dragon and a variety of sea creatures amid crashing waves, the shorter sides applied with mask-handles, the reticulated cover is cast and pierced with two scaly dragons contesting a pearl amid dense cloud scrolls, the finial in the form of a fierce coiled dragon, the base with a Qianlong seal mark. Period: 18th century. Height: 12 cm, Length: 11 cm.