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MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON CENSER AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The square censer is decorated on the sides with floral sprigs and is supported on the shoulders of four kneeling human figures, raised on an integral openwork base. The cover is surmounted by a Buddhist lion seated with its left paw resting on a beribboned brocade ball. The whole is covered in a glaze of sea-green color.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, cloth cover
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The square censer is decorated on the sides with floral sprigs and is supported on the shoulders of four kneeling human figures, raised on an integral openwork base. The cover is surmounted by a Buddhist lion seated with its left paw resting on a beribboned brocade ball. The whole is covered in a glaze of sea-green color.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, cloth cover
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Michael Bass