CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE INCENSE STICK HOLDER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 12 March 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 金地粉彩鴛鴦蓮池紋香插 及 藍釉小膽瓶（共兩件）
finely painted with a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in a lotus pond on the top of the middle flange, whilst the underside painted with five bats in iron-red, the domed base similarly adorned with a lotus pond; together with A SMALL BLUE-GLAZED VASE, covered in a sky-blue glaze with fine craquelure (2)
Dimensions
the ink stick holder: 7cm high; the vase: 9.7cm high
Provenance
The incense stick holder was acquired from the Hong Antiques, Bangkok, who noted in the original receipt "A Miniature candle holder, decorated with goldwash design of mandarin ducks & lotus pond, Chinese for the Thai market, circa 19th century, Qing dynasty."
香插購自曼谷Hong Antiques，收據註「袖珍燭插，飾以金地蓮池鴛鴦，清十九世紀，中國爲泰國市場製。」