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22 Circular Censer

with three cabriole legs and two lion-head handles and with eight
auspicious emblems (bajixiang) decor

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-95)
Cast bronze with cold-worked decoration, with induced surface color, and
with a chiseled relief mark in standard-script (kaishu) characters reading
Da Ming Xuandenian zhi in a recessed rectangular cartouche on the base
12.4 centimeter diameter
Clague Collection Number 215

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