BIG AND LARGE TRIPOD PERFUME BURNER WITH BRONZE ELEPHANTS WITH BROWN PATINA
China, Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th century period
Heavy, it has an inverted campaniform belly, which rests on three elephantiform feet / elephant faces richly harnessed. This first one has two handles, which draw up elephant trunks emanating from dragon's mouths. It is topped by a domed lid entirely openworked with foliage and lotus-blossomed foliage scrolls and topped by a large lying elephant. On the back of the latter, a vase of multiple symbols including scepter ruyi, lotus, coral and conch. Notable work of chiseling sensitive in the multiplicity of details. Beautiful plastic rendering of the elephants (patina not original or, at least, having been retouched afterwards; restoration on the lid; small lack on the lip).
H: 36.5 cm - W: 26.5 cm - D: 16.5 cm
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Comparison: For a model perfume burner, see Sotheby's New York, March 19, 2013, lot 340.

AN IMPORTANT AND LARGE 'ELEPHANT' CAST-BRONZE THREE-LEGGED INCENSE-BURNER AND LID
China, Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th century