18. M3634
£12,500
Description
Chinese Blanc de Chine cylindrical incense burner, lian, on three bracket feet, covered overall in a rich and even pale cream glaze, the interior with a three-character ink mark, Shu Zi Tang, “Hall of Shuzi”.
3 1⁄2 inches, 9 cm diameter.
Dehua, Fujian Province.
Late Ming dynasty, circa 1640.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From an important French collection of a Lady, Saint Cloud, France.
- Included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 2014, no. 89A, p. 117.
- A similar example is illustrated by John Ayers in The Chinese Porcelain Collection of Marie Vergottis, no. 30, p. 59; two others were included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 1994, nos. 96 & 97, p. 64; another was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 2014, no. 89, p. 117.