Bronze Incense Burner in the Form of an Elephant

Bronze incense burner

Height: 6 1/2 inches, 16.5 cm

Length: 6 1/2 inches, 16.5 cm

A bronze incense burner in the form of an elephant, standing foursquare with its head turned back and its trunk between the tusks. The seperately cast, open work

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Chinese Metalwork Catalogue

Chinese Metalwork
Metal has been in use in China from a very early age. Anybody interested in Chinese art is undoubtedly familiar with the elaborately detailed and technically complex bronze vessels used in rituals and in burials from the Shang …