A buddhist lion on a tall pinth, glazed in the colours yellow, aubergine, green and white. Height 20.5 cm.
One eye missing. Chip.
Property of a private Swedish collector.
Compare with a joss stick holder of this type in the British Museum, registration number
1905,0519.56.
Harrison-Hall 2001 / Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum (15:17). Jessica Harrison-Hall discusses that these incense-stick holder may have been produced at a kiln which manufactured glazed roof tiles.