A BRONZE 'BOY' INCENSE STICK HOLDER 17TH CENTURY

cast in the form of a young boy dressed in loose robes and an apron standing atop a circular pedestal with a lingzhi motif, holding with both hands a hollowed-out vase, patinated to a smooth variegated brown colour

There is a ca. 3 x 2 cm area of restoration at the back of the head, and a ca. 10 cm long area on the left side of the back where the dark patina has been polished. The feet may have been restuck to the base. There is wear to the surface lacquer on the base.
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Compare a similar example in the Musée Cernuschi, Paris, illustrated in Michel Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, pl. 92.