Lot Essay
Compare the censer of this shape with similar decoration from the Guantai kiln, Cixian, Hebei province, illustrated in Guantai Cizhou Yaozhi, Beijing, 1997, pl. XXI, 1.
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NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY
Details
A Rare Cizhou Painted Censer
Northern Song dynasty, 11th century
The cylindrical cup raised on a waisted stem rising from a spreading pedestal foot and surmounted by a slightly curved, wide everted rim painted in brown on a white slip with five spiralled flowerheads separated by fern-like sprigs, all under a clear glaze
6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) across
Falk Collection no. 149.
Northern Song dynasty, 11th century
The cylindrical cup raised on a waisted stem rising from a spreading pedestal foot and surmounted by a slightly curved, wide everted rim painted in brown on a white slip with five spiralled flowerheads separated by fern-like sprigs, all under a clear glaze
6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) across
Falk Collection no. 149.
Provenance
Walter Hochstadter, New York, January 1940.