A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC STYLE CARVED CINNABAR LIDDED TRIPOD CENSER, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the compressed bulbous body with sides enclosing a band of stylized scrolling winged birds, beneath a shoulder of continuous back to back long plumed birds and a short conforming neck with similar avian details, flanked by shaped fretwork handles, raised on beastly mask carved monopodia centering an incised archaistic style four character mark square signature, surmounted by a domed lid with taotie mask and glyph banding enclosing a Buddhistic lion finial. Height: 12 1/4" Width: 12" Depth: 9 1/2"

Over all good shape with some minor flaking throughout, surface dust build up and discoloration due to age, materials, use and environmental exposures.

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