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Lot Essay
The glaze on this censer is a particularly good example of the attractive bluish-green tone characteristic of the finest Longquan glazes of guan type.
Similar censers of this form are in notable collections, including one in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II); The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 137, no. 123; one in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, illustrated by M. Tregear, Song Ceramics, New York, 1982, p. 174, pl. 234; and another in the Tokyo National Museum, see Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Tokyo, 1982, vol. I, col. pl. 14. Compare, also, the example sold in these rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 303.
This form is an archaising of the Han dynasty lian form, and was also made with a ru glaze, such as the example on cabriole supports illustrated by Wan-go-Weng and Yang Boda, The National Palace Museum: Peking, New York, 1982, p. 95, pl. 17.
Similar censers of this form are in notable collections, including one in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II); The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 137, no. 123; one in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, illustrated by M. Tregear, Song Ceramics, New York, 1982, p. 174, pl. 234; and another in the Tokyo National Museum, see Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Tokyo, 1982, vol. I, col. pl. 14. Compare, also, the example sold in these rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 303.
This form is an archaising of the Han dynasty lian form, and was also made with a ru glaze, such as the example on cabriole supports illustrated by Wan-go-Weng and Yang Boda, The National Palace Museum: Peking, New York, 1982, p. 95, pl. 17.