A Good c.1900 Patinated Bronze Incense Burner Formed as a Water Bird sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope 5” (with feet)

5” (with feet)

as are its walls

as the panel is thick

was eventually doomed by the relentless expansion of the nearby urban areas and demolished in 1912

obviously married

A Good c.1900 Patinated Bronze Incense Burner Formed as a Water Bird sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope 5” (with feet)Origin: Probably Chinese, Possibly Japanese Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Height: 7. 25 Width: 6 Depth: 3 The realistically modelled and cast patinated bronze incense burner or censor with well cast wings forming the cover to the burner, the water bird with an alert expression, the whole with an overall green patination, surviving from the far east at the beginning of the twentieth century. The piece is in good overall