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A blue and white cylindrical tripod censer (Ming dynasty, second half 15th century)
£ 110,000.00
Period: Ming Dynasty (second half 15th c.)
Dimensions: 27 cm diameter, 20 cm high
Provenance: Formerly in the Okano Shigezou Collection, Japan
Literature: Mingchu Taoci Tujian, Tokyo, 1948, no. 24
Description
The cylindrical censer stands on three short cabriole legs and has slightly flaring sides. It is painted around the exterior in a soft blue tone with peony blooms borne on curled leafy stems, below a raised band and floral scrolls.
Literature: Mingchu Taoci Tujian, Tokyo, 1948, no. 24
The form of the current censer derives from an archaic bronze prototype, lian. Compare a blue and white bowl in the Topkapi Museum, Istanbul, which has similar peony scrolls painted around the exterior, as well as a smaller tripod censer dated to the Xuande reign (1426-1435) with a six character imperial mark in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei (link)
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