Lot 22. A Dehua censer, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century; 14.8 cm, 5 3/4  in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

of bronze compressed spherical form, the rounded sides rising from a spreading foot to an everted rim, with two applied lion-mask handles below the rim, covered in an even ivory-coloured glaze, impressed apocryphal Xuande mark to the base.