Chinese archaistic bronze censer

Chinese archaistic ding-form bronze tripod censer, based on a prototype of the Spring and Autumn Period, the waisted ovoid body with flaring U-form handles, cabriole-shaped supports and cast with two bands of interlocking dragon-head zoomorphs and four high-relief tiger figurines encircling a low domical lid with further zoomorphic bands and four small ring-form supports near an inscription in archaic script, 9.75''h