A blue and white 'landscape' censer, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 青花山水人物圖爐 《大明成化年製》仿款

A blue and white 'landscape' censer

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 青花山水人物圖爐

《大明成化年製》仿款

of bombé form supported on a slightly splayed foot, the rounded sides sweeping to a gently flared rim, finely painted around the exterior with a continuous riverbank landscape with pavilions, rockwork, and trees, several figures strolling through the idyllic environs, all beneath a keyfret band and a row of small dots encircling the everted neck, the base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark

Diameter 8 ⅛ in., 20.5 cm