The Property of a Lady 女士藏品 A RARE LAPIS LAZULI TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, DING Qing Dynasty The lustrous blue stone carved around the exterior with an inscription reading 大唐貞觀寶鼎 ('Da Tang Zhenguan Baoding'), 'Precious ding from the Tang Zhenguan Reign', supported on three double scroll and paw cabriole feet, the sides with mythical-beast-head handles suspending loose rings, the domed cover similarly carved with characters, carved hardwood stand. 14.2cm (5 5/8in) wide across the handles. (3). 注脚 清 青金石三足鼎式蓋爐 Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, E. A. Parry (1879-1946), London, acquired from the above on 31 March 1925, and thence by descent 來源： 倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd. 倫敦E. A. Parry（1879-1946）舊藏，於1925年3月31日購自上者，並由後人保存迄今 Lapis Lazuli was valued for its beautiful colour and and the sparkle of gold from the pyrite inclusions. See a closely-related but smaller lapis lazuli archaistic tripod incense burner and cover, late 18th/19th century, in the British Royal Collection, listed by 1920 in Queen Mary's Bibelots, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol.III, London, 2016, p.827, no.1922. A related archaistic lapis lazuli censer, gui, dated 18th century (12cm wide), was sold at Christie's London, 11 November 2011, lot 1368. 青金石屬珍罕石材，色澤藍紫，部分有白斑紋。參考英國皇家收藏一例十八世紀晚期/十九世紀青金石仿古紋三足爐，形似本例惟體積稍小，早在1920年即被收錄入《瑪麗王后擺飾（Queen Mary's Bibelots）》清單，圖見於J.Ayers著，《Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen》，卷三，倫敦，2016年，頁827，編號1922。 倫敦佳士得曾於2011年11月11日售出一例十八世紀青金石簋式爐，拍品編號1368，可資比對。