Late Ming Early Qing Chinese Bronze Lion Mask Alms Bowl Incense Burner XUANDE

Late Ming Early Qing Chinese Bronze Lion Mask Alms Bowl Incense Burner XUANDEFinely cast of bronze finished with gold gilt (you can see where the gold glit layer has rubbed way on the foot rim). Compressed globular formThe shoulder set with a pair of lion mask handles. The base case with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark.Made during the late Ming Dynasty or early Qing Dynasty.Approximately 6 1/2 inches in diameter (across the handles).About 763 grams.Very good condition with so...me old polish in the crevices (this will clean off with a tooth brush if desired). Small chip on the rim.This is the real thing, for a serious connoisseur of Chinese later bronzes. ​This is the larger of our two examples. The smaller example was sold on ebay at the start of 2019. Late Ming Early Qing Chinese Bronze Lion Mask Alms Bowl Incense Burner XUANDE Read more