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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED DUCK-FORM 明 龍泉窰青釉瑞鵝式爐
CENSER, MING DYNASTY
(2) 来源：
Height 7⅛ in., 18 cm Tage Holm Fredrik Grönwall (1903-1988) 收藏，
1950年代至1960年代初期得於日本
PROVENANCE

Collection of Tage Holm Fredrik Grönwall (1903-1988),
acquired in Japan between the 1950s and early 1960s.
For related Ming dynasty incense burners, see one in the
form of a duck with its head turned to one side, formerly in
the collection of Brenda Zara Seligman, now in the British
Museum, London, and illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall,
Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl.
16:93; another, in the form of a parrot, gifted to the Museum
by George Eumorfopoulos, illustrated in ibid., pl. 1694.
Tage Holm Fredrik Grönwall was a Swedish diplomat who
had a long career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was
stationed in Tokyo from 1956 to 1962.

⊖ $ 8,000-12,000

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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED ‘BUDDHIST 明 龍泉窰青釉八卦紋方爐
LION’ SQUARE-FORM CENSER, MING DYNASTY
Japanese wood box (4) 來源：
Height 5 in., 12.8 cm 日本私人收藏

PROVENANCE
Japanese Private Collection.
⊖ $ 7,000-9,000

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