Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Cloisonne Enamel Censer Insence Burner, 1900 Decorative Arts Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Canton

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Canton Blue and White Porcelain Brush Holder/Plate

Athanasios enthroned in the Byzantine style and painted with egg tempera and heightened with 24 karat gold leaf

From about 1955

the legs having carved Chinese style brackets and corresponding gadrooning

Zacharia Mbutha is a well known artist internationally whose work is held in public and private collections worldwide

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Cloisonne Enamel Censer Insence Burner, 1900 Decorative Arts Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty CantonA good, large, antique Chinese Qing dynasty bronze and cloisonne censer, circa 1900. The lidded censer having a Chinese lion (Shi) to the lid, the body and lid inlaid with floral cloisonne motifs, the sides having handles in an archaistic style, the base engraved and pierced with heart shaped decoration. The underside with a square four character tributory mark. Condition is good, the censer from the estate of a prominent California gentleman.