A SILVER AND GOLD INLAID BRONZE CENSER, KANGXI
China, early 18th century. Heavily cast as a fierce Buddhist lion playing with its cub, finely inlaid with silver wire and the eyes in gold, the four-lobed separately cast base standing on four brocade balls.

Provenance: Boston private collection.
Condition: Fine condition with few tiny nicks, good naturally grown patina, some old wear.

Weight: 3395.7 grams (all four pieces together)
Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 15 cm

Ingenuously cast in four separate pieces, one being an oval incense container hidden under the Buddhist Lion’s back, which can be removed and comfortably filled, the smoke from the incense dramatically escaping from the dogs open jaw. Also note the neatly inlaid brocade balls in silver wire on the top of the base.

Auction result comparison: Compare with another silver-inlaid Buddhist lion censer at Sotheby’s London, on May 16th, 2007, in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, lot 112.

康熙青銅錯金銀佛獅香薰
中國，十八世紀初。佛獅與其幼兒戲耍，刻畫活潑俏皮，錯金銀，眼睛錯 金，四足立於獨立基座上。

來源：波士頓私人收藏
品相：品相良好，輕微刻痕，天然包漿，一些磨損。

重量： 3395.7 克 (總重)
尺寸： 20 x 20 x 15 厘米