Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 81
A MASSIVE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER INLAID ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY With a...
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000
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Description
A MASSIVE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER INLAID ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER
QING DYNASTY
With a compressed circular body with six flanges, decorated with taotie masks inlaid with gold and silver beneath a band of archaistic mythical beasts on a dense diaper ground, the flared neck with a band of lappets and two high handles with circular bosses rising from the rim, all raised on three curved feet, 56.5cm high, 32kg.
Provenance: from the collection of Sir Henry Norman (1858-1939).