Incensario trípode de bambú, dinastía Qing Lot n° 256

Censer of carved bamboo wood. Arranged on three large feet in the shape of a mythical beast, with an enraged look and open jaws. Above them, there is a rounded body, decorated with reliefs showing two faces, one on each side, with a wide nose, penetrating gaze and arched eyebrows, resembling sinuous clouds. The neck shows, in its outermost part, a thin rim decorated with a succession of incised geometric elements and on it, two heads of mythological beasts with open jaws and a long curled tongue that joins the body and from which hangs a movable ring. A large concave lid crowns the censer, with openwork decorations of intertwined leaf scrolls. With carved wooden foot. Measures: 12 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Weight: 130 g (without wooden base)