A silver, part-gilt Chinese incense burner (Xunqui)
Two-piece hinged incense burner of silver. Both halves finely pierced with flower motifs, finely engraved and embellished with gilt birds and blossoms. In the inside a gimballed mount with four silver rings and semi-circular incense dish. Attached hook and short silver chain. Diameter 12.5 cm, weight 399 g. In a cloth-covered box of later date.
Cf. similar pieces published in the catalogue of the exhibition "Chinas Goldenes Zeitalter", Dortmund 1993, no. 52, and Museum Rietberg "Chinesisches Gold und Silber", Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1994.
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Two-piece hinged incense burner of silver. Both halves finely pierced with flower motifs, finely engraved and embellished with gilt birds and blossoms. In the inside a gimballed mount with four silver rings and semi-circular incense dish. Attached hook and short silver chain. Diameter 12.5 cm, weight 399 g. In a cloth-covered box of later date.
Cf. similar pieces published in the catalogue of the exhibition "Chinas Goldenes Zeitalter", Dortmund 1993, no. 52, and Museum Rietberg "Chinesisches Gold und Silber", Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1994.
Condition:II
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