A Good c.1900 Patinated Bronze Incense Burner Formed as a Water Bird sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The preserved giant clam (Tridacna

The preserved giant clam (Tridacna gigas) shell survives from the south pacific or Indian oceans from the first half of the twentieth century

with a part ruby red background consisting of a draped curtain over a tree trunk

There is the original paper label verso reading ‘G

‘The Slave has been taken from one of the Greek Islands by the Turks

A Good c.1900 Patinated Bronze Incense Burner Formed as a Water Bird sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The preserved giant clam (TridacnaOrigin: Probably Chinese, Possibly Japanese Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Height: 7. 25 Width: 6 Depth: 3 The realistically modelled and cast patinated bronze incense burner or censor with well cast wings forming the cover to the burner, the water bird with an alert expression, the whole with an overall green patination, surviving from the far east at the beginning of the twentieth century. The piece is in good overall