A PAIR OF CHINESE 'BLANC-DE-CHINE' 'BUDDHIST LION' JOSS STICK HOLDERS QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

each modeled with one paw resting on a pierced brocade-patterned ball above rectangular bases

The end of the beard tufts on both have been chipped. One with a glaze line extending mid way down its nose to its upper jaw, and a stained hairline on the back of the joss stick holder measuring approx. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). The other with two vertical firing tears to the base, the longest measuring 1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm) and with a minute chip to one of its canine. One with very few traces of cold painted decoration.
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Compare similar examples in the Hickley collection, illustrated in Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, pls 90 and 91.