Lot Essay
At the time this piece was illustrated in the Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, op.cit, it was dated Ming and described as possibly Guangdong.
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LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Details
An Unusual Junyao-Type Censer
Late Ming dynasty, 17th century
Possibly Guangdong ware, made in imitation of a bronze censer with bulbous lower body, waisted neck and flared rim, with a pair of dragon-mask and loop handles, covered with a crackled, opaque glaze of pale bluish-white color shading to pale lavender and thinning to mushroom on the edges, with an unglazed ring surrounding the glazed, almost flat base
7 1/8in. (18cm.) across handles
Late Ming dynasty, 17th century
Possibly Guangdong ware, made in imitation of a bronze censer with bulbous lower body, waisted neck and flared rim, with a pair of dragon-mask and loop handles, covered with a crackled, opaque glaze of pale bluish-white color shading to pale lavender and thinning to mushroom on the edges, with an unglazed ring surrounding the glazed, almost flat base
7 1/8in. (18cm.) across handles
Provenance
George Eumorfopoulos Collection, no. F 104.
M.H. Soames Collection.
M.H. Soames Collection.
Literature
R.L. Hobson, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection, London, 1928, vol. 6, pl. XXXIX, no. F 104.