SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

This incense burner with its beautiful soft blue-green glaze is of a form that appears at the Longquan kilns of Zhejiang province in the 13th century during the Southern Song dynasty and continued to find favour into the early Yuan dynasty. A similar 13th century vessel decorated with bands of applied floral bosses at the mouth and foot, and with a simple ring in relief on either side, is in the collection of the Percival David Foundation, London and illustrated in IIllustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, Revised edition 1997, p. 34, no. 207).
Another censer of this shape and form from the collections of C.E. Russell and Brodie & Enid Lodge, no. C125, was included in the Exhibition of Celadon Wares, The Oriental Ceramic Society, 20 October -