Lot 3650. A gold-splashed bronze globular incense burner, Qing dynasty, 18th century; w. 16 cm, 6 1/4  in. Estimate 150,000 — 250,000 HKD (19,100 - 31,833 USD). Lot sold. 1,062,500 HKD (135,288 USD).Courtesy Sotheby's

with a globular body rising from three cabriole legs to a gently raised waisted neck and everted rim, surmounted by a pair of flaring upright handles, the base with a recessed cartouche enclosing an apocryphal two-character Xuande seal mark, the exterior liberally splashed with gold mottles.