A large Chinese gold-splashed bronze tripod censer, ding, Kangxi period,the gold-splashed decoration and olive-brown patina well preserved, the rim surmounted by a pair of high looped handles, above a shape body on three stump feet, the base with apocryphal four character Xuande mark in elongated seal script, 19cm diameter, 14.8cm high.cf. a gold-splashed bronze tripod censer sold by Sotheby's, London, Chinese Art sale, 15 June 2020, lot 42, dated to the Kangxi period with the same style of elongated seal script mark.