Cast bronze with intensive age patina. China, 18th -19th century

Decorated in high relief with revolving archaic borders showing dramatic lion-masks on top of a meander pattern, a meander scroll below the rim, the six-character apocryphal Xuande mark in a rectangular reserve, a hall mark on the bottom.

Shape: Square shape with four feet, two handles and a raised rim
Dimensions: 28 x 28 x 21.5 cm.
Condition: Extensive patina, the original bottom re-attached with crude soldering, some deeper corrosion to neck
Provenance/labels: Old French private collection
Literature comparison: Cambi Aste, Milan, Fine Chinese Works of Art, AUCTION 195, lot 418. (for an identical censer, dated to the Qianlong period)

十八至十九世紀夔龍紋雙耳宣德爐
銅綠包漿厚重，原來的底部重新做過
焊接，頸部腐蝕較深
法國私人老收藏