Asian Art I - 20th May 2015

Lot 343

*A CHINESE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE INCENSE BURNER

Estimate £20,000 - £30,000

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Description

*A CHINESE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE INCENSE BURNER, DING

SIX CHARACTER JIAQING MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD 1796-1820

The body painted with the eight Buddhist Emblems beneath a band of ruyi-heads, the S-shaped handles and rim decorated with key fret, the baluster-shaped legs and base painted with flowerheads, all reserved on a white ground, 27.5cm across.

Cf. G Avitabile, From The Dragon's Treasure, p.22, pl.5 for an almost identical vase.