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LONGQING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1567-1572)
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR 'DRAGON' CENSER
LONGQING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1567-1572)
The censer is decorated to the exterior with a pair of dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst scrolling clouds below a foliate border to the neck.
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) wide
LONGQING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1567-1572)
The censer is decorated to the exterior with a pair of dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst scrolling clouds below a foliate border to the neck.
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
Offered at Christie's London, 16 November 1999, lot 188.
Special notice
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