Lot 111. A large rock crystal incense burner and cover, ding, Late Qing Dynasty. Sold for £3,500 (€4,570). Photo Bonhams. 

The globular body supported on three paw feet issuing from animal masks, flanked by a pair of animal-mask loose-ring handles, the domed cover similarly carved with three animal mask loose-rings and surmounted by two coiling Buddhist lions, one playing with a ball, box. 23cm (9in) wide (3).

Note: Compare with a related rock crystal incense burner illustrated in Qing dai yudiao yishu, Taipei, 1990, p.102.