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Lot Essay
The unusual pear shape of the waterdropper is similar to that of another waterdropper of comparable size covered with a double-crackled cream glaze, and dated to the 18th century, in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by M. Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ting and Allied Wares, London, 1980, pl. X, no. 86. Another, dated 17th/18th century, is illustrated in the memorial exhibition catalogue, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 13 February - 30 March 1952, p. 104, no. 415.
The blanc-de-chine censer is similar to two illustrated by R. Kerr and J. Ayers, Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, nos. 72 and 74, both dated mid-17th century.
The blanc-de-chine censer is similar to two illustrated by R. Kerr and J. Ayers, Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, nos. 72 and 74, both dated mid-17th century.