Lot 248
PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED JOSS STICK HOLDERS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
£750
Description
清 素三彩佛獅香插（一對）
comprising a male Buddhist lion stepping on a turnable brocade ball and a female one with a small cub crawling on her leg, each carrying a foliate tube on the back as a joss stick holder and seated on a podium, with silver inlaid rectangular wooden stands
Dimensions
20.5cm high each; 24cm high with stand
Footnote
Provenance: Private English collection, Hampshire; the collection has been in the family for over four generations, since the 1920's