A Large 'Dehua' Tripod Censer, Ding 17th Century

the globular body rising from three columnar legs to a lipped rim set with a pair of upright loop handles, decorated with a band of kui dragons reserved on a leiwen ground between raised fillets; together with a Dehua tripod censer decorated with pairs of bow-string lines, wood stand

Collection of T.Y. Chao (both).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18th November 1986, lot 113 (large censer).
Sotehby's Hong Kong, 18th November 1986, lot 111 (shallow censer).

From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, nos 84 and 85.

Large crack encircling the base to the outside of the three legs; a firing crack from one of the legs (22mm). Small shallow chips to handles and raised ribs The shallow censer in good condition with minor glaze pulls and firing imperfections.
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