A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TRIPOD CENSERLATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURYThe rounded body is finely inlaid in silver with three foliate cartouches, one decorated with a soaring bird and a stag amidst peonies and lingzhi, the second with birds and lotus, and the last with pheasants, all set against a leiwen ground. The vessel is raised on three columnar feet rising to a galleried rim set with two upright loop handles.7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, box