A BRONZE 'GOD OF DESTINY' CENSER AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the body well cast with emblems of the eight Daoist immortals beneath auspicious plants and animals in high relief, the sides set with a pair of upright chilong-form handles, the reticulated cover surmounted by a figure of the star god of destiny Ziwei, seated on his lion beside the pillar of heaven, all supported on cabriole legs issuing from monster masks, wood stand (3)