A large bronze Incense Burner


Edo perod (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe ovoid censer set on three tall feet decorated in archaic Chinese designs terminating in beast masks, the bulbous ash basin cast and carved with tigers in rocks and a dragon in rain clouds, the domed cover pierced with swirling clouds and a finial formed as a seated scholar holding an open text, the basin fitted with tall loop handles decorated with fretwork 27 1/2in (69.9cm) high
|ProvenanceCommodore Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858), by repute; Sarah Rodgers, née Perry (1818-1905), daughter of Perry, and her husband Colonel Robert Smith Rodgers (1809-1891), thence by descent to the current owners