A rare bronze incense burner, gui


Cast Xuande six-character mark, Ming DynastyThe vessel with a waisted body rising from a gently sprayed foot, the handles each cast as phoenix head flanked by open wings, wood stand.19.7cm (7 6/8in) wide. (2).
|明 銅鳳首雙耳簋式爐 「大明宣德年製」楷書鑄款Provenance: an English private collection來源：英國私人收藏Compare with a very similar incense burner with phoenix-head handles, Xuande six-character mark, 16th century, from the Cernuschi museum, Paris, illustrated in Bronzes de la Chine imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.127, no.74.