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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A Bronze Incense Burner and Cover Formed as Shoulao Riding a Deer
17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A Bronze Incense Burner and Cover Formed as Shoulao Riding a Deer
17th/18th century
Well cast in two sections, the cover formed as the god of Longevity shown holding a ruyi sceptre and a scroll while seated atop the opening in the back of the elegant striding deer with backward-turned head which forms the incense burner, with a peach-form aperture in Shoulao's back, the olive-gold surface with areas of reddish patina
16¼in. (41.2cm.) high, wood stand
17th/18th century
Well cast in two sections, the cover formed as the god of Longevity shown holding a ruyi sceptre and a scroll while seated atop the opening in the back of the elegant striding deer with backward-turned head which forms the incense burner, with a peach-form aperture in Shoulao's back, the olive-gold surface with areas of reddish patina
16¼in. (41.2cm.) high, wood stand