Een keizerlijke Chinese driepotige wierookbrander in witte jade, Qianlong merk en periode

H 5 - Dia.: 7,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Overall in good condition, the stone with typical natural inclusions.

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Baron Beyens (Napoléon Eugène Louis Joseph Marie Auguste, 1855-1934), a famous Belgian diplomat and minister, son of Eugène Beyens (1816-1894) and Maria de las Merce des Alcala Galiano y Valencia (1828-1917), husband of Marguerite Oppenheim whom he married on the 1st of June 1899 in Paris. The origins of the Beyens family, a family of lawyers and diplomats, lie in Nazareth, the municipality where the auction house is also located (link).