17. M5496
£12,500
Description
Chinese Blanc de Chine cylindrical incense burner, lian, on three bracket feet, covered overall in a rich and even cream glaze, the base unglazed.
4 1⁄2 inches, 11.4 cm diameter.
Dehua, Fujian Province.
Late Ming dynasty, circa 1640.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Formerly in the collection of Mr. H. Soudavar.
- Included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 1994, no. 97, p. 64.
- A similar example was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 2014, no. 89, p. 117; a further example in the Dehua Ceramic Museum and excavated from a Ming tomb, is illustrated by Kenson Kwok in Report from Asia, Oriental Art Magazine, Winter, 1993/94, fig. 9; another from the Gruber Collection, Portland Oregon is illustrated by P. J. Donnelly in Blanc de Chine, pl. 19B; another is illustrated by Wang Yamin and Huang Weiwen in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I, no. 101, p. 250.
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