XIANFENG CARVED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1851-1861)

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A RARE TEADUST-GLAZED BOMBE CENSER
Xianfeng carved four-character seal mark and of the period (1851-1861)
With a pair of molded mask and ring handles, covered overall with a deep olive glaze thinning to golden buff color on the raised areas and on the mark, the foot rim covered in a purplish-brown wash
5in. (12.7cm.) across handles

Provenance

Dr. Ip Yee Collection, Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 22 November 1984, lot 760.

Exhibited

Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, no. 103.

Lot Essay

Another teadust-glazed censer with the rare combination of this form, glaze and mark is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Monochrome Porcelain, vol. 37, Beijing, 1999, p. 274, no. 251. And another was included in the exhibition, Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Hu, Shanghai Museum, 1989, no. 96.
All three of these censers are made in imitation of bronze prototypes.

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