Ding - Bronze - China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

A bronze censer of archaistic ding form, the slightly tapered cylindrical body supported on three tapered cylindrical legs, the galleried rim surmounted by a pair of arched handles, the exterior cast with four taotie masks interrupted by four vertical raised flanges, all against a leiwen ground, the legs with archaistic pendent cicada leaves

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