AN UNUSUAL SMALL LACQUERED BRONZE 'SHOULAO AND DEER' INCENSE BURNER
17TH/18TH CENTURY
AN UNUSUAL SMALL LACQUERED BRONZE 'SHOULAO AND DEER' INCENSE BURNER 17TH/18TH CENTURY The stag well cast in a recumbent position with head turned back to look at a separate figure of Shoulao which forms the cover, the Daoist immortal holding a ruyi scepter and wearing robes decorated with foliate scroll, his mouth and a small leaf-shaped aperture in his back pierced for the release of smoke, with traces of pale russet, red and black lacquer 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) long
AN UNUSUAL SMALL LACQUERED BRONZE 'SHOULAO AND DEER' INCENSE BURNER
17TH/18TH CENTURY
AN UNUSUAL SMALL LACQUERED BRONZE 'SHOULAO AND DEER' INCENSE BURNER 17TH/18TH CENTURY The stag well cast in a recumbent position with head turned back to look at a separate figure of Shoulao which forms the cover, the Daoist immortal holding a ruyi scepter and wearing robes decorated with foliate scroll, his mouth and a small leaf-shaped aperture in his back pierced for the release of smoke, with traces of pale russet, red and black lacquer 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) long
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