A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

of compressed globular form below a short waisted neck with flat wide rim, supported by three short cabriole legs, flanked on each side with two loop handles issuing from animal-masks, the bronze of a dark brown patina with irregular gilt splashes, the base with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark in relief, with wood stand and cover (3)

Collection of Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman (1851 - 1932).
Given by Dr. Seaman to John Karl Moffett and thence by descent.
Property from a New England Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 11th September 2012, lot 188.