21. M5498
£32,500
Description
Chinese Blanc de Chine incense burner in the form of an archaic bronze gui with two mythical animal-head handles, each side applied beneath the rim with a central animal mask, taotie, dividing a band of alternating cloud roundels and flowerheads, the tall foot incised with a double-band of leiwen, key-fret above the splayed flattened footrim, covered overall in a rich and even pale cream glaze extending to the interior and base.
7 3⁄4 inches, 19.7 cm handle to handle; 5 11/16 inches, 14.5 cm rim diameter; 4 inches, 10.2 cm high.
Dehua, Fujian Province.
Kangxi, 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. 94, p. 63.
- A similar example is illustrated by Wang Yamin and Huang Weiwen in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I, no. 118, pp. 278/9; another is illustrated by Rose Kerr and John Ayers in Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, A Catalogue of the Hickley Collection, Singapore, no. 71; another was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 1994, no. 93, pp. 62/3; a further example in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, is illustrated by P. J. Donnelly in Blanc de Chine, pl. 14B.
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