An very rare wucai reticulated incense burner and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century | 明十六/十七世紀 五彩花卉紋瑞獅香爐
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May 12, 12:32 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An very rare wucai reticulated incense burner and cover
Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
明十六/十七世紀 五彩花卉紋瑞獅香爐
the hexagonally lobed baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a short neck and everted rim, pierced to each lobe with a ruyi pendent tassel and painted with lotus on a diaper ground, the flat cover surmounted by a seated Buddhist lion painted with polychrome spots and a green mane, fitted box
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Height 29.5 cm, 11 5/8 in.
A Japanese private collection.
日本私人收藏
For an identical censer, missing the cover, see Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, 1987, pl. 768; compare also with a similarly shaped censer, also missing the cover, sold Christie's New York, 18th March 2016, lot 1580.