A RARE BLANC-DE-CHINE `MARCO POLO' OCTAGONAL CENSER AND COVER QING DYNASTY, KANGXI

moulded in high-relief with stylised lotus flowers and foliage, the pierced cover with nine protruding lotus buds, the censer set with four 'S'-shaped handles, on eight scroll feet, the stand with eight protruding lotus buds around the gallery, all on bracket feet (3)

A similar censer is illustrated in P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 16; another was included in the Exhibition of Te Hua Porcelain, Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1975, pl. nos. 51-52; and one is illustrated in David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, vol. 1, London, 1978, pl. 53.

Compare also two censers of this form sold in these rooms, 3rd November 1987, lot 510, and 3rd July 1984, lot 70.