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A small blue and white cylindrical tripod censer (Ming dynasty, second half 15th century
£ 12,000.00
Period: Ming Dynasty (second half 15th c.)
Dimensions: 9 cm diameter, 7 cm high
Location: London office
Provenance: Edith & Brodie Lodge Collection
Description
The censer has slightly bulbous body standing on three short cabriole legs. It is freely painted around the exterior with egrets and geese amongst water reeds, below a band of ruyi-heads around the mouth rim. The glaze has a bluish tinge stopping around the base exposing the orange-burned body.
Exhibited: Ming Blue and White, Oriental Ceramics Society, London, 1946, no. 80
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