Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 2125
TWO CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE INCENSE BURNERS
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3200
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Description
TWO CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE INCENSE BURNERS
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Both with compressed circular bodies applied with lion-mask handles, one with a six character Chenghua mark with a paper label for the South Africa National Gallery Chinese Exhibition 1953, no.150, the other with a four character mark which reads zhong xi tong bao, 16cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of G R A Murray and thence by descent.
The former exhibited: National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town, Chinese Exhibition, 1953, no.150