Sold for $1,875

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Fine and Large Brass Covered Incense Burner

LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the lobed, globular body decorated with shaped openings each centered with a mythical beast, against a reticulated swastika ground, alternating with raised dragon-form flanges underneath a pair of upright handles, supported on three splayed legs with applied beast masks and prunus flowers, further set on a fitted Chinese hardwood stand, the reticulated, domed cover topped with a striding kirin-form finial.

Height 27 in., 68.5 cm.

Condition Report

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