Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A bronze Da Ming Xuan De incense burner with carinated body and three scooped legs each with an animal mask above, reserved meander pattern to the shoulder and two lateral loop handles; carinated lid with meander pattern voids, surmounted by a male foo dog modelled in the round. See Song, L., Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011, for discsion. 1.78 kg, 26cm (10 1/4"). Property of a Hong Kong gentleman living in London since 1990s. With a London gallery, UK.