INCENSE BURNER

Jade
China , Qing dynasty (1636-1912)

Weight: 784 grams Jade + 192 grams wood base = total 976 grams

Dimensions: Jade = Height 5 cm Wide 23 cm Depth 16,5 cm

Incense burner on a wooden stand with a relief decorative band of plant patterns and two lotus-shaped handles at the edge.
Its form imitates the bronze ritual vessel of the gui-type and is an example of the interest that existed in the archaic forms of sacred bronzes during the Qing dynasty.