A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

Bronze censer on the three tall legs which are circular in cross-section. On the pronounced rim of the body with a round bottom are two vertical handles with a rectangular cross-section. The body is divided into three decorative fields by the narrow vertical ribs. Each of those fields is filled with an image of a theriomorphic face (taotie) with two oval eyes and without lower jaw, with eyebrows, heart-shaped ears, and two horns. The background is filled with a rectangular meander-like décor referred to as leiwen. In the upper part of each of the three legs there are protruding circular decorative bands with a narrow vertical rib.