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A RARE 'DING' CENSER AND COVER NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- ceramic
- 15 cm, 6 in.
the rounded body supported on a domed pedestal foot carved with four quatrefoil cut out panels, the cover carved with an open work design of diaper leading up to a flower head, all covered in an ivory coloured glaze, deepening to an olive tone where it pools
Provenance
Collection of Frederick M. Mayer.
Christie's London, 24th/25th June 1974, lot 34.
Collection of Walter Hochstadter.
Christie's New York, 18th/19th March 2009, lot 510.
J.J. Lally & Co, Oriental Art, March 2010.
Christie's London, 24th/25th June 1974, lot 34.
Collection of Walter Hochstadter.
Christie's New York, 18th/19th March 2009, lot 510.
J.J. Lally & Co, Oriental Art, March 2010.
Exhibited
J. J. Lally & Co, Oriental Art, Chinese Ceramics in Black and White, New York, 2010, cat. no. 17.
Condition
There is over spraying to disguise a Y-shaped crack that runs from the rim down to and around the top of the base. There is a 5.5cm long crack running upward from the rim of the cover. There are also some vertical and diagonal glaze cracks to cover, body and base.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A related censer, excavated at Taiyuan city, Shanxi province, and now in the Shangxi Provincial Museum, is illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji/The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 7, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 215. Compare another censer of this type, the cover with similar cutouts but on a different foot, published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, pl. 345. Similarly pierced censers covered in a qingbai glaze are also known to have been produced; see one included in Hsien-Ch'I Tseng and Robert Paul Dart, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, vol. II, Boston, 1972, pl. 64.