BURNER-PARFUM TRIPDE in bronze with a medallion patina, the inverted campaniform belly resting on three feet with richly harnessed elephant heads, flanked by two handles, which draw raised elephant trunks emanating from dragon's mouths. It is topped by a domed lid entirely openworked with foliage and lotus-blossomed foliage, and topped by a large lying elephant carrying a vase. (Accident to the lid).
China, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century.
A LARGE CAST-BRONZE THREE-LEGGED "ELEPHANT" INCENSE-BURNER AND LID, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY.
TOP. 22 CM (8 11/16 IN.)