A VERY LARGE AND RARE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER Ming Dynasty (2)A VERY LARGE AND RARE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND COVERMing DynastyHeavily cast with a compressed globular body decorated with a wide band of key-fret pattern, applied with a pair of writhing dragons, their arched bodies forming the handles, supported on three feet formed of scrolling lingzhi, the domed cover cast in openwork with large lotus flowers, surmounted by a lotus pod finial issuing from radiating petals. 52cm (20 1/4in) wide. (2).Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 雲雷紋雙龍耳如意足銅爐帶蓋Published and Illustrated: Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D.1100-1900, London, 1989, no.64.展覽著錄：Michael Goedhuis著, 《Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D.1100-1900》，倫敦，1989，編號64The present vessel was probably inspired by the archaic bronze vessels of the jian type, which were produced during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC). These large vessels were made for holding water and were apparently used for bathing or as wash basins; see Ma Chengyuan, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1986, p.202, for a discussion on jian vessels. A bronze jian vessel, Eastern Zhou dynasty, excavated in Shanxi province, is illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, vol.8, Beijing, 1995, pl.94.Compare with a related gold-splashed tripod incense burner and stand, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 September 2020, lot 625.