A RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE MYTHICAL BEAST CENSER
A RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE MYTHICAL BEAST CENSER LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY The archaistic mythical beast is finely cast standing foursquare, its cervine head held majestically forward looking, the wide arched mouth slightly agape, eyes protruding below horn-like eyebrows, before a pair of straight horns, each with heart-shaped finials, the eyebrows and cheeks inlaid with silver-wire to render scrolling foliage, repeated on parts of the body, legs, and on the decorative collar encircling the neck, supporting on its back a removable openwork cover with a bird-head finial, the underside inlaid with gold wire the three characters, Song Yi zuo , 'Made by Song Yi' 7 5/8 in (19.4 cm.) high, wood stand
A RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE MYTHICAL BEAST CENSER
A RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE MYTHICAL BEAST CENSER LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY The archaistic mythical beast is finely cast standing foursquare, its cervine head held majestically forward looking, the wide arched mouth slightly agape, eyes protruding below horn-like eyebrows, before a pair of straight horns, each with heart-shaped finials, the eyebrows and cheeks inlaid with silver-wire to render scrolling foliage, repeated on parts of the body, legs, and on the decorative collar encircling the neck, supporting on its back a removable openwork cover with a bird-head finial, the underside inlaid with gold wire the three characters, Song Yi zuo , 'Made by Song Yi' 7 5/8 in (19.4 cm.) high, wood stand
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