A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERXuande six-character mark, Ming DynastyThepressed bulbous body supported on three tapering conical feet, the rim surmounted by a pair of upright loop handles, the bronze patinated to a rich chocolate-brown tone, the underside with a Xuande apocryphal mark within a recessed rectangle, wood stand and cover.13.7cm (5 3/8in) wideProvenance: 明 銅蚰耳鬲式香爐陽文「大明宣德年製」楷書款See a related bronze censer with raised handles and stubby feet, the underside also cast with a Xuande apocryphal mark within a recessed rectangle, Ming dynasty. illustrated inThrough the Prism of the Past: Antiquarian Trends in Chinese Art of the 16th to 18th Cenutry,Taipei, 2003, p.82, pl.I-58.參考臺北故宮博物院藏一件明代冲耳乳足銅爐，見《古色：十六至十八世紀藝術的仿古風》，臺北，2003年，頁82，圖版I-58。