• Dimension: Height: 3 in (7.6 cm) Width: 5 1/2 in (14.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $300
• Estimate To: $500

Chinese. Cast with a compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a gently flared rim, set with a pair of lion-head handles, the base with an apocryphal inscription in a recessed square, the patina of a warm brown color. 17th century. Early Qing Dynasty period.

此爐采以精煉黃銅鑄成，帶棗紅色皮色，寶光溢彩，珠瑩玉潤。平唇口沿，束頸，腹部垂扁而出，器壁細薄，銅質密實，持之墜手，扣之清音裊裊。飾雙獅耳，雙目圓瞪，神情威猛，鬃毛刻畫精細。“大明宣德年制”款識。