Antique 18th Century Cast Bronze Chinese Qing Dynasty Censer Xuande Mark, Circa 1780 Sold the scene taken from Homer's

the scene taken from Homer's epic "The Odyssey"

The table base forms an 'X' frame pedestal when closed and extends to receive either one or both leaves

Each chair has the original Oregon Chair Co label to the underside

after his sojourn in Paris

The clock works perfectly and has recently been professionally overhauled and cleaned by a clocksmith

Antique 18th Century Cast Bronze Chinese Qing Dynasty Censer Xuande Mark, Circa 1780 Sold the scene taken from Homer'sSOLD A fine antique late 18th century Chinese archaic style bronze censer with a Xuande mark. The censer made of cast bronze is very finely modeled, the flared mouth with a key pattern, the globular body below with raised decoration featuring fantastic creatures chasing a flaming pearl in a landscape with clouds. The censer with a pair of handles modeled as the heads of Chinese lions, raised on a flared foot with scrolling decoration. To the base is a