CHINESE BRONZE CENSER,Late 19th/early 20th Century; Xuande four-character mark. The bombé body flanked by two stylized dragon head-form handles with fitted box - 3 3/4 in. diam. Estimate $500-700
PROVENANCE: Estate of Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, Washington, D.C., acquired in China in the mid-1940s.
Yellow censer has a stand missing, and brown censer's stand broke a leg. They are 3 in. diam and 3' 3/4 in. diam. The yellow censer's weight is: 1lb. 6.8oz, and the other is: 1lb. 10.4oz.
