An inscribed bronze 'lion' censer and cover, Ming dynasty, dated to the third year of the Wanli period, corresponding to 1575 | 明萬曆三年（1575年） 銅朝冠耳三足香爐

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An inscribed bronze 'lion' censer and cover

Ming dynasty, dated to the third year of the Wanli period, corresponding to 1575

明萬曆三年（1575年） 銅朝冠耳三足香爐

the handles with a dated dedicatory inscription reading Wanli sannian ji dong li, fengzu, xiaosun Lin Wenxing, wujian gong zhong sishiwu jin zheng

銘文：

萬曆叄年季冬立，

奉祖，孝孫林文星，

伍件共重肆拾五斤正

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Height 44.8 cm, 17⅝ in.