Lot 308
£3,024
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
清 素三彩團壽萬字錦紋方形香薰帶獅鈕蓋 連木座
the square body supported on four lion-mask legs, the two-tiered body decorated with a stylised shou-longevity in roundel against a continuous swastika pattern on the lower part, whilst the upper tier in openwork with similar ground, the square cover with sloping sides and swastika pattern in openwork, mounted with Buddhist lion stepping on a brocade ball as finial, painted on the biscuit in an enamel palette of black, yellow, aubergine and two tones of green, with a fitted wooden stand
30.5cm high x 18.7cm wide; 33cm high with stand
A comparable perfume burner and cover, similar in size and design but dated to the Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, museum number: C.28 & A-1978.