Antique 18th Century Cast Bronze Chinese Qing Dynasty Censer Xuande Mark, Circa 1780 Mid-Century Modern 75" wide x 1

75" wide x 1

where his pieces were often described as “practical madness

19th century

The carving has excellent provenance

Antique 18th Century Cast Bronze Chinese Qing Dynasty Censer Xuande Mark, Circa 1780 Mid-Century Modern 75" wide x 1SOLD A fine antique late 18th century Chinese archaic style bronze censer with a Xuande mark. The censer made of cast bronze is very finely modeled, the flared mouth with a key pattern, the globular body below with raised decoration featuring fantastic creatures chasing a flaming pearl in a landscape with clouds. The censer with a pair of handles modeled as the heads of Chinese lions, raised on a flared foot with scrolling decoration. To the base is a