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A WHITE-GLAZED ANHUA-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ A RARE BLANC-DE-CHINE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
STEM BOWL Huai De Yao Zhi four-character mark, 17th century
18th century The squat globular body raised on three tapering feet, the rim issuing two
The shallow bowl with flared rim supported on a tall hollow splayed twisted-rope loop handles, covered overall with a creamy-white glaze.
stem, the interior deftly incised with two striding dragons, applied 20.5cm (8 1/8in) wide
overall with a transparent glaze.
10.8cm (4 1/4in) high. £10,000 - 15,000
CNY86,000 - 130,000
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY69,000 - 100,000 十七世紀 德化白瓷繩耳三足爐
「懷德窑制」楷書印款
十八世紀 白釉刻龍紋高足盌
Compare with a related blanc-de-chine incense burner, Ming dynasty,
Provenance: a distinguished European private collection similarly potted with twisted-rope handles, and the base impressed
‘Huai De Yao Zhi’ mark (‘Made in the Huaide kiln’), illustrated in Dehua
來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏 Wares collection by the Palace Museum I, Beijing, 2016, pp.246-247,
no.99.

Another related blanc-de-chine tripod incense burner, 17th century and
featuring twisted-rope handles, is illustrated by R. Blumenfield, Blanc de
Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley, 2002, p.22, fig.C.

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