137. A LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC CENSER, GUI 17th/18th century Heavily cast of archaistic gui form, the compressed rounded body raised on a splayed foot, flanked by a pair of loop handles issuing from dragon heads, finely worked around the exterior with a continuous design featuring figures in a village scene set in a mountainous river landscape, the base with an apocryphal Hu Wenming mark, the bronze patinated to a rich reddish tone. 43 cm (16 7/8 in.) wide across handles Provenance: Property of a Gentleman