A WHITE AND BROWN JADE TOOL VASE, FANGHU

细节

A WHITE AND BROWN JADE TOOL VASE, FANGHU
17TH CENTURY

Of square section, carved to opposite sides of the waisted neck with a pair of dramatic taotie mask and ring handles above a border of 'C'-scrolls, the opaque white stone with russet and dark brown inclusions
4 3/4in. (12cm.) high, box

拍品专文

This incense tool vase takes the archaistic form of a Han dynasty bronze fanghu and would most probably have graced a scholar's table filled with toolss for the burning of incense, and accompanied by a burner and a box containing incense. Typical tool vases are made of bronze. Tsang and Moss discuss the use of incense burning equipment in Arts from the Scholars studio, Catalogue, nos. 229, 230.