Seated buddhist lions on tall plinths with brocade ball under the front paw. Height c. 18.5 cm.
Chips, cracks.
Property of a private Swedish Collector.
Compare with a smililar pair at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Museum no. 704A-1883.
Incense holders like these was made in the kilns of Dehua in southern China during the reign period of the emperor Kangxi (1662-1722). Dehua kilns were specialized in the production of porcelain objects with no painted decoration, also known in Europe as 'blanc de Chine'.