A LARGE BRONZE CENSER AND STAND, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

A LARGE BRONZE CENSER AND STAND

17TH / 18TH CENTURY

十七 / 十八世紀 銅雙耳大爐連座

the vessel of bombé-form, resting on a slightly splayed foot with an everted rim, set with two thick plain loop handles, the base with an apocryphal six-character Xuande seal mark, the stand with a circular aperture and raised on three low feet, each cast with scrolls centering a raised boss, the bronze patinated to a warm brown flecked with gold, the domed wood cover surmounted by a soapstone floriform knop (3)

《大明宣德年製》仿款

Width across handles 12¼ in., 31 cm