A RARE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD

of circular section, cast with straight sides rising to an everted galleried rim, all supported on three elephant-mask legs, the body centred with a raised fillet, the base with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within a rectangular panel encircled by a pair of sinuously writhing scaly dragons, the patina of an attractive dark brown colour

A private European collection.