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A BLUE AND WHITE CENSER
The bombé body flanked by stylized dragon handles, painted with two peony sprays below flower sprays on the waisted neck, the base with a six-character mark reading Taichang first year, corresponding to 1620
6 in. (15.3 cm.) across handles, wood stand, box
The bombé body flanked by stylized dragon handles, painted with two peony sprays below flower sprays on the waisted neck, the base with a six-character mark reading Taichang first year, corresponding to 1620
6 in. (15.3 cm.) across handles, wood stand, box
Provenance
Formerly J.M. Hu Collection.
Literature
Mao, Philip Wen-chee, "A Ming Blue and White Incense Burner with a T'ai-Ch'ang Mark", Archives of Asian Art, XXIII (1969-70).
Discussed by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 350.
Discussed by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 350.
Exhibited
Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 29 January - 29 March 1981, p. 106, no. 53.
Sale room notice
This censer was included in the exhibition, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong Kong, 1981, no. 53.
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Krystelle Sun
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