A LARGE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE 'DEER' CENSER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

well cast as a deer standing foursquare with its head turned towards its right, its antlers realistically rendered alongside its small ears, its caparisonned taut muscular body flanked by a pair of ovoid vessels and pierced at the bottom with a coin-shaped motif, the bronze surface patinated to a dark blackish-brown colour