Lot 188
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' INCENSE HOLDER
A BLUE AND WHITE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' INCENSE HOLDER

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

Details
A BLUE AND WHITE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' INCENSE HOLDER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The vessel is moulded as a qilin with its mouth open and seated on its haunches with its tripartite tail flicked upwards. Its face, scales, tail, and details are depicted in various shades of underglaze blue, and the vessel is marked along the back of its horn.
4 1/8 in. (10.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Property from a private French collection in Dijon.

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Lot Essay

Compare a vessel of the same date and form catalogued as an incense holder and decorated in wucai enamels in the Percival David Foundation at the British Museum, number PDF.713, illustrated in Rebecca Feng, Ming Colours Polychrome Porcelain from Jingdezhen, London, Percival David Foundation, 2006

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