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AN UNUSUAL LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED ‘BUDDHIST
LION’ INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
15th century
The bulbous drum-shaped body supported on the shoulders of three
kneeling boys standing on a circular pedestal, moulded with a row of
drum-nail bosses encircling the rim, the flat cover surmounted by a
recumbent Buddhist lion with one paw resting on a ribboned brocade
ball, covered overall with a sea-green glaze, Japanese wood box.
12.5cm (4 7/8in) high (3).
£12,000 - 18,000 CNY120,000 - 170,000
HK$140,000 - 210,000
十五世紀 龍泉青釉童子托鼓墩瑞獅戲球鈕小蓋爐
The present drum-shaped incense burner and cover is particularly rare.
Compare a related Longquan celadon platform with a drum raised on
the shoulders of boys, Yuan dynasty, from the Songde Tang collection,
illustrated by A.C.M.Lai, The Multiplicity of Simplicity: Monochrome
Wares from the Song to the Yuan Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2012, pl.83.
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