A gold-splashed bronze censer, Qing dynasty, 17th century | 清十七世紀 灑金銅雙耳爐

A gold-splashed bronze censer

Qing dynasty, 17th century

清十七世紀 灑金銅雙耳爐

of compressed globular form flanked by loop handles, the exterior unevenly applied with irregularly-shaped splashes of gold and patinated to a warm copper-brown colour, the base cast with an apocryphal four-character Xuande seal mark within a recessed cartouche

Width across handles 17.1 cm, 6¾ in.