17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A RARE IVORY FACETED VASE AND STAND
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Probably made to hold incense tools, of slender tapering form and supported within and by a stool-form stand raised on a square base with block feet and shaped aprons
4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm.) high

Exhibited

The Minor Arts of China: III, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 31 March - 16 April 1987, no. 34.

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Lot Essay

The tapering faceted shape of this vase is similar to that of a small parcel-gilt bronze incense tool vase raised on a base, dated 18th century, included in the exhibition, Oriental Works of Art and Miniatures, Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., London, Winter 2007, no. 4. Ivory incense tool holders were also made in other shapes, as can be seen in two examples illustrated in Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990, nos. 117 and 118, dated Shunzhi/Kangxi (1644-1722).

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