= CHINE

CHINA 17th CENTURY
Bronze incense burner with brown patina, imitating the shape of a longevity peach decorated with three bats. The grip on the lid features a reclining deer.
The bronze has a beautiful brown patina.
With a later natural wood base.
Dim. 40 x 37 x 31 cm

PROVENANCE Gregg Baker Gallery, London.

NOTE A stylistically similar piece sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong, "Later
Chinese Bronzes From The Collection of Ulrich
Hausmann", October 7, 2014, no. 3400.