A BRONZE CENSER AND STAND QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

the compressed globular body set at the sides with a pair of lion mask handles, the base cast with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, with a fitted circular base on three ruyi-shaped feet, 17.2cm., 6 3/4 in.; together with a large bronze censer with rope handles, 19 cm., 7 1/2 in; and a small bronze censer on three feet, 10.2 cm., 4 in.