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A DEHUA CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD
CENSER

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

The censer of waisted form rises from three
bamboo-form feet towards a slightly flaring rim. It
is well potted with five grooves around the exterior
to imitate a bamboo stalk and covered in a glaze of
warm ivory tone.
6 √ in. (17.4 cm.) diam., box

HK$200,000-300,000US$26,000-39,000

清初 德化竹節紋三足爐

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A DEHUA DING-FORM TRIPOD
CENSER

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

The archaistic vessel is raised on three tall, tapering
columnar legs, with a bulbous body moulded
in low relief with a band of confronted pairs
of dragons reserved on a fine leiwen ground set
between bow-string borders. The flat mouth rim
is surmounted by a pair of bail handles, all covered
with a glaze of ivory tone except for the base of
the feet.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high, wood stand

HK$300,000-400,000US$39,000-52,000

PROVENANCE

An important American private collection,
acquired by the grandfather of the previous owner
in Whampoa, Guangdong, between 1890 and
1920, and thence by descent within the family

A censer of identical size in the Qing Court Collection,
is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong
Kong, 1999, no. 108. Another example of comparable
size was in the T. Y. Chao Collection and sold by
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 18 November 1986, lot 113.
A further example but smaller in size (13.2 cm. high)
is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from The
Meiyintang Collection, Vol. II, 1994, no. 995, pp. 298-9.

明末/清初 德化白夔龍紋鼎式爐

來源
美國重要私人珍藏，由上任藏家祖父於1890年
至1920年間購於廣東黃埔

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