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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A BLUE-GLAZED SLIP-DECORATED 明 藍釉白花天馬紋三足爐
‘FLYING HORSE’ TRIPOD CENSER
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) 來源
Marie-Louise von Callenberg 女男爵（1901-1982）珍藏，瑞士
The censer is potted with a rounded body supported on three 巴黎佳士得，2012年12月19日，拍品6號
tubular legs and flanked by a pair of upright loop handles, covered
with blue glaze on the exterior and a translucent white glaze on
the interior. The body is decorated in white slip against the blue
ground with a flying horse between ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls on
one side, the other side with a Sanskrit character between two
pearls. The mouth rim is unglazed, revealing the buff biscuit body.
4 8 in. (12.5 cm.) across, Japanese wood box
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of the late Baroness Marie-Louise von Callenberg
(1901-1982), Switzerland
Sold at Christie’s Paris, 19 December 2012, lot 6
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