A gilt-bronze tripod incense burner


Xuande sixteen-character mark, Qing DynastyThe compressed globular body raised on three pointed feet, the rolled rim with slightly flaring loop handles. 16cm (6 1/4in) wide
|The cast mark reads Da Ming Xuande wunian Jiandu Gongbu guanchen Wu Bangzuo zao, which may be translated as 'Made by Wu Bangzuo, supervisor of the Ministry of Works, in the 5th year of Xuande of the Great Ming'