An archaistic bronze cong-shaped incense burner
Xuande six-character mark, 17th/18th centuryOf archaic jade form, the rectangular straight-sided body crisply cast with trigrams at each corner and rising from a short splayed foot to a short straight neck with an everted square rim, set to the side with a pair of lion-head handles, the metal patinated to a rich dark toffee tone. 17cm (6 3/4in) wide.