• Dimension: Height: 6 1/4 in (15.9 cm) Length: 9 in (22.9 cm) Width: 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $8000
• Estimate To: $15000

In style of archaic bronze duck censer, cast in the round as a duck with raised head, the back body plumage as censer lid topped with a loop handle, overall finely inlaid in gold and wire with to outline the feathers, with a warm brown patina and minor green encrustation. Ming Dynasty period.

來源：新澤西資深藏家提供 Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey
金銀錯工藝最早始見於商周時代的青銅器，主要用於青銅器的各種器皿，車馬器具，及兵器等實用器物上的裝飾圖案，是在青銅器表面按照預定圖案劃出溝槽，然後嵌入金銀絲或片，再將器表打磨光滑平整的一種加工方法。此鴨熏鼎仿古生動，工藝精湛，包漿沈厚，姿態古樸雅趣，藏賞兼備。