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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON DUCK-FORM CENSER
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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON DUCK-FORM CENSER

MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON DUCK-FORM CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Modelled as a duck standing atop an openwork wave-form base, with head turned back, its overlapping left wing removable to reveal an oviform opening in the back, the beak partially open and the base of the tail pierced for the release of smoke, detailed with carved feather markings and covered with a crackled sea-green glaze
6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) high

拍品專文

Novelty incense burners in the form of birds were first introduced in the Han dynasty and enjoyed a fair amount of popularity in the Yuan, Ming and Qing periods. A Longquan celadon incense burner dated c. 1450-1550 in the form of a duck standing on a rock and with a removable wing made of gilt-bronze is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 498, no. 16:93, along with two other Longquan celadon bird-form censers, one modelled as a pair of birds, the other as a parrot, and a bronze bird-form censer dated 12th-13th century, nos. 16:92, 16:94 and 16:92 (fig. 1) respectively.