The oval-shaped incense burner raised on three small legs and with a reticulated cover with Shishi finial. The body finely decorated in underglaze and overglaze polychrome enamels to depict flowering trees and a bird in flight, all set against a faintly crackled white ground. The cover and finial enriched with gold and iron red.
HEIGHT 9.5 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear to enamels. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by second generation members of the Holzapfel family after 1970 and has remained in the family ever since.