Censer lid
Category
Brassware
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
bronze
Measurements
180 mm (H); 100 mm (W); 80 mm (D)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107332
Summary
Lid for a Chinese incense burner in the shape of a boy holding a lotus bud and the elixir of life. He rides (facing right) on a kylin, a mythical animal, who is bringing him to a family who has been praying to Songzi Guanyin for a baby boy. 'A brass group of a Taoist Immortal (Pa Hsien) on a dragon' (Christie's entry)
Provenance
Purchased in 1986 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000). Gifted to the National Trust in 1987 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.