Large perfume burner in brown patina bronze, cast in four pieces.

Large bronze incense burner with brown patina, cast in four pieces. It shows Laozi riding a water buffalo towards the West, with a child servant to his left, all on a large pedestal with rocky outcrops. A naturalistic, plastic rendering of the whole, including the details below the beast. Figure of Laozi forming a removable lid revealing a cavity for incense to be burned.

Height: 63 cm
Width: 62 cm
Depth: 22 cm

Wear and scratches.

REF: For a perfume burner approaching in style and period, see Bonham’s London November 9, 2017, lot 77.

A LARGE CHINESE 17TH C. MING DYNASTY DARK-PATINA CAST BRONZE ‘LAOZI’ INCENSE-BURNER.