A CHINESE 'SHI SOU' STYLE ZITAN SILVER AND GOLD WIRE INLAID INCENSE STICK HOLDER

QING DYNASTY

The rectangular-section body with canted corners, inlaid with poetic inscriptions to two faces, divided by prunus and pine beside rockwork, all below a waisted neck, the base with a seal mark which reads yu tang, 16.5cm.

Cf. Christie's London, 8th November 2011, lot 234, for a related zitan vase.