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Lot Essay
The shape of this censer, based on that of the ancient bronze ritual food vessel, li, was produced from the Southern Song into the Yuan period for the domestic as well as the export market. The numerous tripod censers retrieved from the Sinan shipwreck (1323) provide evidence that this shape was much sought after in Japan, the original destination of the ship's cargo, and where they have since been widely collected.
Longquan celadon censers of this classic form from the Qing Court Collection, now in the Beijing Palace Museum, are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 33 - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, p. 136, pl. 122, p. 139, pl. 125, and pp. 140-41, pl. 126. Another slightly smaller censer of this form, also reportedly from the Qing Court Collection, now in the Percival David Foundation, London, is illustrated by M. Medley in The World’s Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, vol. 6, New York, 1982, no. 37.
Other Longquan celadon censers of this form are in several museum collections, including one in the Tokyo National Museum in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1982, no. 97. Other comparable censers include the example illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese Ceramics, vol. I, Geneva, 1972, no. A99; and the censer in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain, Taipei, 1974, no. 12. A larger example (19.7 cm. diam.), found in 1991 in Jinyu village of Nanqiong, Suining city, Sichuan province, is illustrated in Longquan Celadon: The Sichuan Museum Collection, Macau, 1998, pp. 210-11, no. 83.
Longquan celadon censers of this classic form from the Qing Court Collection, now in the Beijing Palace Museum, are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 33 - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, p. 136, pl. 122, p. 139, pl. 125, and pp. 140-41, pl. 126. Another slightly smaller censer of this form, also reportedly from the Qing Court Collection, now in the Percival David Foundation, London, is illustrated by M. Medley in The World’s Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, vol. 6, New York, 1982, no. 37.
Other Longquan celadon censers of this form are in several museum collections, including one in the Tokyo National Museum in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1982, no. 97. Other comparable censers include the example illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese Ceramics, vol. I, Geneva, 1972, no. A99; and the censer in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain, Taipei, 1974, no. 12. A larger example (19.7 cm. diam.), found in 1991 in Jinyu village of Nanqiong, Suining city, Sichuan province, is illustrated in Longquan Celadon: The Sichuan Museum Collection, Macau, 1998, pp. 210-11, no. 83.