A PAIR OF RETICULATED STAINED IVORY 'DOUBLE-GOURD' INCENSE BURNERS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD each intricately carved with two reticulated sections fitting together to form a double-gourd, one decorated in openwork of green and blue-stained key frets, red bats and kui dragons, the other one of key frets and bats, the stalk of the fruit set on top loosely entwined in the body forming a removable cover, opening to reveal a miniature chain suspending to the stained one two small intertwined monkeys and a sixth bat on top of a peach and on the other one two smaller double-gourds, one of which is green-stained, and a basket, one with a shou character carved to the base, both fitted on an ivory stand carved in openwork with a swirling stem with ruyi and two corollas 10.9 cm., 4 1/4 in.
A PAIR OF RETICULATED STAINED IVORY 'DOUBLE-GOURD' INCENSE BURNERS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD each intricately carved with two reticulated sections fitting together to form a double-gourd, one decorated in openwork of green and blue-stained key frets, red bats and kui dragons, the other one of key frets and bats, the stalk of the fruit set on top loosely entwined in the body forming a removable cover, opening to reveal a miniature chain suspending to the stained one two small intertwined monkeys and a sixth bat on top of a peach and on the other one two smaller double-gourds, one of which is green-stained, and a basket, one with a shou character carved to the base, both fitted on an ivory stand carved in openwork with a swirling stem with ruyi and two corollas 10.9 cm., 4 1/4 in.
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