A cloisonné incense stick holder. Qing dynasty, 18th century
A cloisonné incense stick holder. Qing dynasty, 18th century
A cloisonné incense stick holder in shape of a small gourd-shaped vase screwed onto a dish with a narrow rim, decorated all over in enamels with flowers and scrolls on a sky blue ground. Qing dynasty, 18th century.
Height 6.5 cm; diameter 14.5 cm
清十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯葫蘆形香插
可比：C. Brown, Chinese Cloisonné. The Clague Collection, Phoenix 1980年, 圖版 51 號。Chinese Incense Burners, Collection of Steven Hung aund Lindy Chern, 國立歷史博物館，台北 2000年，圖版 31 號
Provenance
Gerhard Hawthorn, London, 2006
Literature
Compare: C. Brown, Chinese Cloisonné. The Clague Collection, Phoenix 1980, plate 51 and Chinese Incense Burners, Collection of Steven Hung and Lindy Chern, National Museum of History, Taipei 2000, fig. 31