Fine Chinese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 548
A CHINESE 'SHI SOU' STYLE ZITAN SILVER AND GOLD WIRE INLAID INCENSE STICK HOLDER
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £7500
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Description
A CHINESE 'SHI SOU' STYLE ZITAN SILVER AND GOLD WIRE INLAID INCENSE STICK HOLDER
QING DYNASTY
The rectangular-section body with canted corners, inlaid with poetic inscriptions to two faces, divided by prunus and pine beside rockwork, all below a waisted neck, the base with a seal mark which reads yu tang, 16.5cm.
Cf. Christie's London, 8th November 2011, lot 234, for a related zitan vase.