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Antique Bronze Chinese Censer Need Dating And Other Identification Information if possible. Measures 5 inches high and weighs over 5 pounds. Very thick walled with finely hand engraved beast head features and a nice medium patina probably cleaned at one time but quite awhile ago. Very dark and well worn / used interior helping to suggest authenticity and age. Also there is (3) finely executed bronze repairs that match perfectly with the rest of the piece including natural patina. The Bowl and the Base are two piece soldered together and having bronze rivets helping to hold it together. The Beast heads are molded along with the bowl as one piece. There are no makers marks or reign marks. Any Help would be Highly Appreciated!

Also may I add that the base and the bowl are all one piece. The bronze rivets you see in the bowl and under the foot must be a later repair job but I don't see why being it is obviously molded as on piece. There is indications I did see with my eye glass that there is some areas between the bowl and base that look kind of like it might have cracked a bit but not all the way. That might be wy they repaired it actually quite a long time ago as it is obvious the repair is quite old.

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