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A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER SHAPED AS SHOULAO RIDING A DEER
Qing dynasty, 17th-18thcentury
45,5 cm high
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 5248.
The God of Longevity seated on the back of the deer, and serving as the cover of the incense burner, wearing a large robe and with the cranium expanded, a double-gourd flask and a fan on the rear of the animal which has in its mouth a long stem with lingzhi funguses.
