A small archaistic bronze censer, 17th / 18th century | 十七 / 十八世纪 銅獅耳小爐 《大明宣德年製》仿款

A small archaistic bronze censer

17th / 18th century

十七 / 十八世纪 銅獅耳小爐

《大明宣德年製》仿款

the compressed globular body resting on a short foot, the neck set with a pair of lion-head handles and a thin band enclosing four archaistic birds on a leiwen ground, the foot encircled by a band of spiral patterns, the base cast with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, the patina a dark greenish-brown tone

Diameter 4 ⅜ in., 11 cm