A BRONZE FIGURAL INCENSE BURNER AND COVER LATE MING DYNASTY

the vessel cast as a striding caparisoned elephant with its massive head lowered and turned inward, the long fringed saddle cloth with stylized shou characters, with a large oval aperture in its back, fitted with a figural cover of a seated luohan, the legs drawn up, wearing voluminous robes and grasping a scroll, the shaved head with the prominent elongated brow of age and wisdom, the robe incised with clouds and cranes and pierced cloud-form openings for smoke (2)