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MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The heavily potted censer is raised on three mask and paw supports. The shallow rounded sides curve inward to the flat rim and are carved with the Eight Trigrams between borders of small applied florets. It is covered overall with a sea-green glaze except the slightly irregular circle in the interior which was left in the biscuit including the protruding rounded centre of the base, both burnt orange in the firing.
13 in. (33 cm.) diam., wood box
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The heavily potted censer is raised on three mask and paw supports. The shallow rounded sides curve inward to the flat rim and are carved with the Eight Trigrams between borders of small applied florets. It is covered overall with a sea-green glaze except the slightly irregular circle in the interior which was left in the biscuit including the protruding rounded centre of the base, both burnt orange in the firing.
13 in. (33 cm.) diam., wood box
Provenance
A private institution, western Japan, acquired in the 1920s