OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2015
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Incense Implements

AN IVORY INCENSE STICK HOLDER

17TH CENTURY
LENGTH: 19CM

The parfumier is carved from a hollowed cylindrical section of an ivory tusk and bounded on either side by buffalo horn fittings. The ivory is carved in pierced decoration depicting a landscape scene of a fisherman on a boat and a farmer riding a water buffalo near an empty pavilion. The surface is well patinated to a pale warm tone.

十七世紀 象牙縷空雕山水人物香筒