清十八/十九世紀 碧玉博山爐

The shape of this jade censer, is based on bronze prototypes of Han-dynasty date, such as the Western Han, 1st century BC, bronze boshanlu included in the exhibition, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990, no. 45, and subsequently sold at Christie's, New York, 16 September 2010, lot 890, from the collection of Sze Yuan Tang. A similar green jade censer was sold at Christie's, New York, 15-16 March 2015, lot 3045.