An Archaistic Bronze Tripod Censer, Ding Ming Dynasty, 17th Century

the bowl-shaped body supported on three cylindrical legs, the body cast with a broad taotie mask band, below a pair of upright handles on the rim, the well-fitted wood cover reticulated with floral motifs and terminating with a jadeite finial, the finial carved in the form of a 'Buddhist lion' standing foursquare on a pedestal bordered with a key-fret band, a lingzhi bloom resting atop the lion, wood stand