A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the compressed body rising to a pair of upright loop handles, all resting on three short tapering feet, apocryphal Xuande six-character mark in relief, carved wood stand and cover (3)
  

Collection of Thomas Barlow Walker (1840-1928).
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (from 1924 to circa 1940).
Auctioned at Gimbel's, New York in the 1940s, purchased by the family of the present owner.

Surface wear to handles and shoulder, otherwise, good overall condition. The base marked with black pencil notation: DEF 1996.
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