A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY |

cast with a flaring body rising to an angular shoulder and surmounted by a tapering waisted neck and everted rim, all supported on four short feet, the base centred by an apocryphal six-character Xuande reign mark within a recessed cartouche, the warm caramel-brown exterior freely decorated with small splashes of gold, the wood cover centred by a jade finial worked in the form of a boy, wood stand