Asian Art II - Part One - 22nd May 2024

Lot 741

A CHINESE BAMBOO MODEL OF A 'DRAGON' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £277

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Description

A CHINESE BAMBOO MODEL OF A 'DRAGON' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
LATE QING DYNASTY

Decorated in high relief with a chilong clambering up the globular body, which features a pair of loose-ring handles hanging from dragon masks and three lion-paw feet issuing from lion masks, the cover with a low-relief decoration of two dragons contesting a flaming pearl, beneath a finial carved as a dragon with loose rings around its four ankles, the base inscribed Qianlong yiwei ke Du Shiyuan, 11.9cm. (2)

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注：本拍品不設底價。

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex, purchased from Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-1976) in the 1970s.