A Rare bronze tripod incense burner depicting the 'Four Noble Professions' (Yu Qiao Geng Du)
A Rare bronze tripod incense burner depicting the 'Four Noble Professions' (Yu Qiao Geng Du)
Qing dynasty, De Li Xin zhi silver-inlaid maker's seal
Of squat bombe shape and heavily cast, the body inlaid in silver, now oxidized to black, with a continuous landscape scene showing the yu qiao geng du( the four noble occupations) including fishermen with rods and nets, a boy on a buffalo, a farmer with a rake-like tool over his shoulder, a figure with a basket on his head and a scholar in a pavilion reading with an attendant and table nearby all rendered in a a lush landscape of pine and willows, mountain peaks and sailboats, huts and pavilions, the vessel supported on short pad feet and below a waisted everted rim.
8in (20.3cm) diam
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A Rare bronze tripod incense burner depicting the 'Four Noble Professions' (Yu Qiao Geng Du)
Qing dynasty, De Li Xin zhi silver-inlaid maker's seal
Of squat bombe shape and heavily cast, the body inlaid in silver, now oxidized to black, with a continuous landscape scene showing the yu qiao geng du( the four noble occupations) including fishermen with rods and nets, a boy on a buffalo, a farmer with a rake-like tool over his shoulder, a figure with a basket on his head and a scholar in a pavilion reading with an attendant and table nearby all rendered in a a lush landscape of pine and willows, mountain peaks and sailboats, huts and pavilions, the vessel supported on short pad feet and below a waisted everted rim.
8in (20.3cm) diam
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