A SMALL GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE CENSER QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

of elongated baluster shape slightly tapering towards the flared foot, the waisted neck set with a pair of applied bamboo handles, liberally covered all over with irregular gold splashes, the base cast with the four-character mark xie gu zhai zhi 'made in the hall of regulating antiquity'

From a private European collection. Acquired in London in the 1960s.

This censer is generally in good condition, but does have some areas of dark staining to the patination to the sides.
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