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Incense burner

Incense-burner in the form of a dragon-horse, of bronze, cast by the cire-perdue process. The horse has a dragon-like head, scaley body licked by flames and an uplifted tail shaped to form a small cup (for incense?). The fore left leg is lifted.

Kind
artefact
Date
1700–1799 CE