M4905
£23,500
Description
A superb Chinese celadon glazed tripod, two-handled incense burner with rounded body, cabriole legs, everted rim and upright openwork handles, covered overall in a bright celadon glaze extending to the interior and on the underside, the feet unglazed revealing the burnt-red fired body, the well of the interior used in the kiln for firing a further piece, with Japanese metalwork gilt- lined cover.
Early Ming, 14th -15th century, circa 1400.
Silk brocade wrap, wood box.
5 inches, 12.7 cm handle to handle.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From an important private collection, Tokyo, Japan.
- A similar example in the Qing Palace collection, the Palace Museum Beijing, is illustrated by Wangyao and Qionghua in Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalisation, Vol II, no. 144, p. 247; another from the collection of Mr. Tan Tse Chor is illustrated by the Southeast Asian Ceramics Society of Singapore in their exhibition catalogue of Chinese Celadons and other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, jointly organized by the National Museum of Singapore, 1979, no. 244, pp. 250/1, pl. 200.
Condition
Overall good condition, minor kiln grit to well of interior.
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