A PARCEL-GILT ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CENSER (FANG DING) QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

of rectangular section raised on four tall blade-shaped legs, decorated around the body in shallow relief with taotie masks divided by flanges, all below a narrow frieze of stylized dragons below the everted rim, set with a pair of upright U-shaped handles, the raised parts of the design highlighted in gold, the base with a six-character apocryphal Xuande mark

In good condition with minor rubbing to gilding.
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