清十七 / 十八世紀 銅如意文竹小香爐 《宣德年製》仿款

of compressed globular form, cast with petal panels around the shoulder and a border of ruyi around the foot, below a nodal rim resembling bamboo, the latter set with two small pointed handles, the base with an apocryphal four-character Xuande mark within a recessed panel, the bronze of a greyish-brown colour with traces of gilding on the borders and rim

There is some wear to the underside of the footrim. There is an interior ridge inside the footrim indicating that the incense burner may originally have had a cover.
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