A large archaic-style bronze incense burner, gui
18th centuryDecorated on each side with a pair of confronted gui dragons with coiled bodies, reserved on a leiwen ground and flanked by a pair of loop handles surmounted by a horned dragon head, with pendant extensions.39cm (15.3/8in) across the handles
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The base is cast with the twelve-character mark 平安城铸工桂田淨雲作寶用 pingan cheng zhugong guitaian jing yun zuo bao yong, which may be translated as 'Cast by Guitian Jingyun from Ping'ancheng to use as a treasure'.