• Dimension: Height: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm) Length: 7 1/8 in (18.1 cm) Width: 5 1/2 in (14.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $800
• Estimate To: $1500

of rectangular section, the flaring sides supported on four feet and flanked by a pair of lion-mask handles, carved to the sides in relief with rectangular panels enclosing mythical beasts diving and splashing amid cresting, roiling waves, the reticulated cover with a pair of dragons in high relief darting among scrolling clouds, surmounted by a flaring cylindrical knop.

紫檀制成，包漿沈郁醇厚，木色漆黑，局部微透紫紅，質理堅實細密，表面牛毛棕密布，實甚佳料。爐呈倒梯形，斜腹，底四足著地，中開壺門。爐蓋鏤空鏨刻“龍紋”，鬢髯鱗角絲理規整，生動有致。腹部刻“海水八怪紋”，江崖海水激蕩洶湧，輝映海水八怪翻江倒海，爐側獸面雙獅耳。整器運刀精確細膩，圓潤渾厚，不露刀鋒，適於陳設。