A Gold-Splashed Incense Burner and Stand Late Ming Dynasty

of archaistic liding form, the compressed body supported on three short, tapering feet, the flared lip surmounted by two arched handles, the base cast with a recessed rectangular cartouche enclosing an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark in kaishu, the reddish-brown body brilliantly decorated with irregular splashes of gold, set on a stand in the form of a stylised mallow flower resting on three ruyi-shaped feet, the carved wood cover pierced and carved with shou characters amidst a stylised floral design, surmounted by an agate ‘finger-citron’ knop

Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss, Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1986, cat. no. 123.

Minor surface wear and scratches to the body, and rubbing to the gilding. The wood cover has a restored crack. The agate finial has been broken off and refixed. The patina is darker in reality.
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