A BRONZE ‘LANÇA’ INCENSE BURNER LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY

of archaistic gui form, crisply cast with six lança characters on the rounded body and set with two handles applied with ruyi heads, the underside centred with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark

With characteristic pitting to the surface, consistent with age and the type. The body has a small slightly indented area.
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