Bamboo tripod censer, Qing dynasty

Censer of carved bamboo wood. Arranged on three large feet in the shape of a mythical beast, with an enraged look and open jaws. Above them, there is a rounded body, decorated with reliefs showing two faces, one on each side, with a wide nose, penetrating gaze and arched eyebrows, resembling sinuous clouds.

The neck shows, in its outermost part, a thin rim decorated with a succession of incised geometric elements and on it, two heads of mythological beasts with open jaws and a long curled tongue that joins the body and from which hangs a movable ring. A large concave lid crowns the censer, with openwork decorations of intertwined leaf scrolls. With carved wooden foot. 

Size: 12 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Weight: 130 g (Without wooden base)