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DONNINGTON PRIORY
97
A Longquan celadon tripod
censer raised on three paw
supports, the shallow rounded
side curve inward to the flat rim
carved with the Eight Trigrams,
covered overall with a bluish sea-
green glaze ending in a slightly
irregular circle in the interior
around an unglazed area, 16.5cm
diameter
精美龙泉三足炉
97 Provenance: Private UK Collection.
Purchased from the Sotheby’s sale,
“The remaining contents of Ashurst
Park, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells”,
Kent, on 19th and 20th May 1982
by direction of The Rt. Hon. The
Lord Cornwallis, OBE, DL, Lot 656.
£1,000-1,500
98
A small Longquan celadon
censer, Ming dynasty (15th
century), with compressed,
globular body, bearing stylised
designs, and two handles
decorated with twisted rope-like 98
patterns, standing on three feet,
9cm diameter and 9cm high
明十五世纪 龙泉青瓷三足炉
£200-300
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