A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'LAOZI' INCENSE HOLDER

With a cylindrical body depicting Laozi, the founder of Taoism, riding on a buffalo and accompanied with a boy wandering among the bamboos, and down the cliff an elderly figure holding a staff behind two boys, all in the background of the lush and rocky landscape setting, between a key-fret bordered spinach-green jade reticulated cover and stand. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.

Height: 9 in (22.9 cm) Width: 2 1/8 in (5.4 cm)

Provenance: Property from a prestigious private collection, Los Angeles, acquired in Hong Kong in early years

清中期 白玉雕「老子出關圖」香筒

Compare two similar white jade incense holders, one in the collection of Beijing Palace Museum, No. 00098874 ; and the other in the collection of Victoria Albert Museum, No. 1652-1882
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