A COPPER HAND-WARMER WITH RETICULATED COVER, QING DYNASTYThe metal with an even reddish-brown patina, incised and embossed in repoussé techniqueChina, 18th – early 19th centuryThe lobed body with a circumferential chrysanthemum and butterfly scroll below a ruyi and a key fret border, all neatly chiselled and incised against a scalloped background. The domed coved with cut out openwork decoration depicting further chrysanthemum amid their leaves and tendrils and a shou character surrounded by a ruyi border in the center. The rim of the cover with a circumferential openwork cloud border. The two swinging handles cast in bamboo shape. Shape: Censer with coverWeight: 986 gramsDimensions: Height 20.5 cm including handles, diameter 18.5 cm.Condition: Superb original condition with only minor wear, good original patinaProvenance: Austrian private collection.Auction result comparison: Art d'Asie. Christies, Paris, 19 December 2012, lot 110. (compare with a pair of related hand warmers, dated to the 18th century)清代銅鏨纏枝壽紋手爐紅褐色包漿,鏤空,淺雕中國,十八至十九世紀造型:帶蓋手爐重量:986 克尺寸:高 20.5 厘米(含提梁),直徑 18.5 厘米.品相:保存狀況極好,些微磨損,原始包漿美麗來源:奧地利私人收藏