A BRONZE DRUM-SHAPED TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER Xuande six-character mark, 17th/18th century The rounded body flanked by lion-mask handles and framed with beaded borders, set on three short feet, cast apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to the base. 16cm (6 1/4in) wide. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七/十八世紀 銅鼓形獸耳三足爐 「大明宣德年製」楷書款 See a related example illustrated by Lin Pe-yu, Chinese Incense Burners: Collection of Steven Hung & Lindy Chern, Taipei, 2000, no.103; see another example illustrated by Liu Xirong, Zhong Ding Ming Xiang: Rong Zhai Xuan Lu Qing Shang, Beijing, 2010, pp.164–165. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com