CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE

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ETUI A BAGUETTES D'ENCENS EN BOIS
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE
En forme de qin, la partie supérieure rehaussée de fils d'argent incrustés imitant les cordes de l'instrument, les douze petites incrustations en ivoire servant de repères
Longueur: 25,9 cm. (10 3/16 in.)

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AN INLAID 'QIN-SHAPE' WOOD INCENSE BOX
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Compare the current 'qin-shape' incense box to a wood paper weight and a wood wrist rest similarly shaped, illustrated in Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 24 October-13 December 1986, p.235, pl.224 and p.121, pl.86

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