A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER

17TH CENTURY

The compressed circular body painted to the exterior with officials and attendants in a fenced garden of pine, plantain, prunus trees and rocks, under a narrow band of stylised clouds, all raised on three short feet, 26.6cm.

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from Christie's, London, 12th November 1998, lot 433.