Tripod incense burner
This Yuan bronze creatively reinterprets and transforms the austere form and complex decor of ancient food vessels into a simpler, more modestly proportioned incense burner that evokes rather than replicates ancient prototypes. Likewise, the band of stylized dragons that encircles its belly derives from antique models but is cast in low relief, which greatly enhances the tactile pleasure of handling the vessel.
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