Qing Dynasty, 18th Century
Height (including Base and Cover): 14.6cm
The censer is fashioned from a natural hollowed gnarled rootwood
with a compressed globular body flanked by two openwork handles
beneath the flared mouthrim. The censer tapers down to three
straight feet and rests on a wooden base. The domed cover is pierced
with a stylised ruyi motif and topped by a carnelian knop.
The
wood is patinated to a lustrous deep caramel colour.
Similar Example
A related garlic-mouthed vase is published in The Palace Museum
Collection of Elite Carvings 故宮雕刻珍萃, Beijing, 2002 p. 110,
Catalogue No. 75.
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