Raised on a spreading stem foot cast in low relief with dragons, the bowl encircled by a raised band interrupted by a small curved handle cast as an animal head, the conical cover cast in openwork as vapor-enshrouded hills, with overall encrustation; together with an unusual bronze animal head fitting, Zhou dynasty, possibly a dog, cast with open mouth showing the teeth, prominent eyes and pricked ears, the hollow neck leading into an opening in the back of the mouth, with extensive malachite encrustation, stand.

Provenance: Hill censer: Ruth Dreyfus Collection, London, 1970. 
Animal head fitting: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1965.

Christie's. Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 24 March 2011, New York, Rockefeller Plaza