A SMALL SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'BAT AND CLOUD' INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY of circular form, supported on a small foot, cast with a flanged rim and set with two lion-head handles, finely inlaid around the exterior in silver filigree with two bats among billowing clouds, all above a border of lotus petals encircling the base, the rim incised with keyfret and the mouth inlaid with undulating lines, the base inscribed with a six-character apocryphal Xuande mark within an inlaid silver frame 10 cm., 3 7/8 in.
A SMALL SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'BAT AND CLOUD' INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY of circular form, supported on a small foot, cast with a flanged rim and set with two lion-head handles, finely inlaid around the exterior in silver filigree with two bats among billowing clouds, all above a border of lotus petals encircling the base, the rim incised with keyfret and the mouth inlaid with undulating lines, the base inscribed with a six-character apocryphal Xuande mark within an inlaid silver frame 10 cm., 3 7/8 in.
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