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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 244237, member: 44&quot;]The mark looks very similar to the Foo Dog/Komainu, pot shaped, bronze incense burner markings on the following site, Virtual Incense Burner Museum. The site says:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Origin: </b>China <b>Shape: </b>Pot : Foo Dog/Komainu <b>Material: </b>Bronze</p><p><b>Location: </b>Dragonfire Imports</p><p><b>Description: </b>Incense burner bought in Xian China. The inscription says Ming Dynasty and names the time of the Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t give you a link directly to the burner because of the site&#039;s formatting. The following link takes you to the site&#039;s homepage. Click &quot;Asia&quot; in the index on the left, the click &quot;China, at the bottom of each pages keep going to (61-75). The burner is the 9th down, &quot;Item #372.&quot; Click the thumbnail. An easier way to it is to type 372 in the site&#039;s Search engine.</p><p><a href="http://www.kandaki.com/BP-Index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kandaki.com/BP-Index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.kandaki.com/BP-Index.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Even with the Ming Dynasty marking, I doubt it is anywhere near that old. I suspect it is an honorary markings and a relatively recent burner. I didn&#039;t look through all the Chinese burners to see if any others. BTW, Dragonfire Imports went out of business in 2012,</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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