Lot Essay
During the Song dynasty, the practice of incense burning transformed from a functional level to a spiritual quest for scholars, this spurred further development and refinement in the production of censers.
Compare with similar examples: a smaller one covered with moon-white glaze in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Jun Ware, Beijing, 2016, pp.74, pl.29; another is in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, included in Chugoku toji zenshu, vol.12, Kyoto, 1983, pl.18; and another illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1968, vol. 1, pl. A 37.
Compare with similar examples: a smaller one covered with moon-white glaze in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Jun Ware, Beijing, 2016, pp.74, pl.29; another is in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, included in Chugoku toji zenshu, vol.12, Kyoto, 1983, pl.18; and another illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1968, vol. 1, pl. A 37.