A Chinese Export Silver Covered Incense Burner MARK OF FENGXIANG, SHANGHAI, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY 晚清/民國 鳳祥慶記 中國外銷銀帶蓋香爐 the globular body raised above three masked legs terminating in claw feet, with mask ring handles at the shoulders, rising to a hexagonal mouth holding a plain lining bowl, all beneath a conforming cover surmounted by a finial in the form of fu lion playing with a moving ball. The body decorated with incised domestic scenes in lozenge borders, the cover with similarly worked with scholars and ungulates between lozenge borders; marked ‘鳳祥慶記 ’ to underside. 29 ozt 15 dwt Height 7 1/4 in., 18.5 cm. Property from the Collection of John R. and Rose Meengs, Holland, Michigan