XIANFENG SIX-CHARACTER INSCRIBED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1851-1861)

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A TEA-DUST-GLAZED BOMBÉ CENSER
XIANFENG SIX-CHARACTER INSCRIBED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1851-1861)
The censer has a pair of lion mask and fixed ring handles applied to the sides, and is covered overall with a matte glaze of dark tea-dust color that thins on the edges of the rim and on the masks and also covers the base where it thins to a paler tone on the raised areas of the mark. Together with a tea-dust-glazed pear-shaped bottle vase, Tongzhi six-character inscribed mark and of the period (1862-1874), covered overall with a matte glaze of finely mottled, yellowish olive-green color that thins on the rim and also covers the base surrounding the large, pale olive-glazed mark. The bottom of the foot is covered with a dark brown dressing.
Censer 8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diam. of mouth; vase 13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

A very similar Xianfeng-marked censer is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 274, no. 251. Another is illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hu, Shanghai Museum, 1989, p. 134, no. 96, and again in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhuyetang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 230, no. 153.

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