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112 A LARGE ROCK CRYSTAL INCENSE
BURNER AND COVER, DING
Late Qing Dynasty
The globular body supported on three paw
feet issuing from animal masks, flanked by
a pair of animal-mask loose-ring handles,
the domed cover similarly carved with three
animal mask loose-rings and surmounted by
two coiling Buddhist lions, one playing with a
ball, box. 23cm (9in) wide (3).

£2,500 - 4,000
HK$27,000 - 44,000 CNY23,000 - 37,000

清末 水晶鋪首銜環耳鼎式蓋爐

Compare with a related rock crystal incense
burner illustrated in Qing dai yudiao yishu,
Taipei, 1990, p.102.

112
A GILT FILIGREE TOURMALINE-INSET
‘PEACH’ BELT BUCKLE
Late Qing Dynasty
The transparent stone of light pink tone
carved as a peach, surrounded by a gilt-metal
filigree border, the reverse with fastenings and
openwork designs of prunus on a cracked-ice
ground.
7cm (2 3/4in) wide

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000

清末 花絲鎏金嵌碧璽帶飾

A related belt-buckle inlaid with tourmaline is
included in the Palace Museum collection in
Beijing and illustrated in Gugong Zhenbao,
Beijing, 2006, p.135; another of gilt copper
inlaid with tourmaline was included in
an exhibition of Qing dynasty costume
accessories at the National Palace Museum,
Taipei, illustrated in Qing dai fushi zhanlan tulu,
Taipei, 1986, no.53.

113
A LARGE ROSE QUARTZ ‘DOUBLE PINE-
TRUNK’ VESSEL
Late Qing Dynasty
Carved as two tree trunks surrounded by
swooping bats beside a large lingzhi fungus,
joined by gnarled leafy branches issuing
peaches and smaller lingzhi fungi, the reverse
with a phoenix perched on a rocky platform.
19.4cm (7 5/8in) wide

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000

清末 粉水晶福至心靈雙松椿筆插