A gold-splashed bronze censer and later wood cover Xuande mark, 17th/18th century the shallow bombe sides supported on three pointed feet, below the short waisted neck and flared rim set with a pair of upright loop-handles, liberally decorated overall with thick irregular gold splashes on the ground patinated to a warm brown tone, the base cast with a six-character Xuande mark intaglio Sotheby's Autumn sales, October 2001, lot 724 27 cm