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21 The present incense burner is of particularly unusual and complex
A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED INCENSE BURNER form, combining the more conventional tall cylindrical incense burners
15th century with the wider bowl shaped ones.
The heavily potted barrel-shaped body raised on three mask and
paw feet, decorated with blooming peonies amidst scrolling foliage Compare the treatment of the lower decorative scheme, similarly
between borders of applied florets and stylised mountains, the neck decorated on a Longquan celadon glazed arrow vase, 14th/15th
surrounded by a ruyi band, covered overall with a glaze of olive-green century, from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Tsai
tone. Mei-fen, ed., Green - Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei,
18cm (7in) high 2009, pl.105.
£20,000 - 30,000
HK$240,000 - 350,000
CNY190,000 - 290,000
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