明十七世紀 局部鎏金銅海獸紋獅耳蓋爐

de forme rectangulaire aux angles arrondis, chaque face sculptée en léger relief d’animaux fabuleux parmi les flots dans des réserves, le pied évasé en léger retrait orné d’une frise de rinceaux feuillagés, les anses en tête de chimères, le couvercle ajouré à décor de deux dragons alternés de phénix en vol parmi les nuées, la prise évasée et évidée contenant le caractère shen, marque Xuande apocryphe à six caractères en relief à la base (2)

Censer and cover are heavily and quite finely cast, the gilding on the parcel-gilt areas are rubbed off. There is a ca. 3 x 1 cm wide filled-in casting flaw patch to the rim of the censer contemporary to when the piece was made.
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