A bronze incense burner. 19th century
A bronze incense burner. 19th century
A bronze incense burner in shape of a jumping dragon fish, the head cast separately, the eyes of black glass. At the base two lines of a Chinese-style poem. 19th century.
Height 17 cm
Provenance
Private collection, France
Literature
Compare almost identical piece illustrated in: R. Mowry, China's Renaissance in Bronze. The Robert H. Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix 1994, cat. no. 57