Lot Essay
A very similar wucai incense burner of comparable height (17.9 cm.), dated Wanli period, is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, pl. 768.
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LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
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A RARE WUCAI RETICULATED INCENSE BURNER
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The tall, high-shouldered, hollow body is fitted on the interior of the upper body with a rounded bowl, and the sides are molded with six lobes separated by alternating ascending and descending chilong. Each lobe is pierced with elaborate openings from which rise iron-red lingzhi sprigs, all on an iron-red diaper ground between a petal-lappet border below and leaf-tip border above. The neck is pierced with three quatrefoil openings separated by babao on a diaper ground below a narrow band of key fret on the mouth rim.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, Japanese silver cover
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The tall, high-shouldered, hollow body is fitted on the interior of the upper body with a rounded bowl, and the sides are molded with six lobes separated by alternating ascending and descending chilong. Each lobe is pierced with elaborate openings from which rise iron-red lingzhi sprigs, all on an iron-red diaper ground between a petal-lappet border below and leaf-tip border above. The neck is pierced with three quatrefoil openings separated by babao on a diaper ground below a narrow band of key fret on the mouth rim.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, Japanese silver cover
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