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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED PRIOR TO 1990
812
812 PROVENANCE:
AN AUBERGINE-GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER, AN AUBERGINE- Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.
GLAZED VASE AND A MINIATURE FAUX-BRONZE BOTTLE VASE
THE CENSER, 17TH CENTURY, THE TWO VASES, QIANLONG PERIOD Compare the censer to an almost identical one dating to the 17th century,
(1736-1795) also with pine decoration, from the Eumorfopoulos Collection, illustrated
by R.L. Hobson in The George Eumorfopoulos Collection: Catalogue of the
十七世紀 茄皮紫釉浮雕松樹紋三足雙耳爐、清乾隆 茄 Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. 4: The Ming Dynasty,
皮紫釉小瓶及仿銅釉小瓶 一組三件 London, 1927, Plate LV, D 239.
The censer is carved to the exterior with large grooves imitating a gnarled
tree trunk and is applied with pine leaves to the body. It is covered in a deep
aubergine glaze. The vase is covered in a dark bluish-aubergine glaze stopping
at the foot. The miniature pear-shaped vase is covered in a speckled russet and
dark grey glaze.
The largest, 5æ in. (14.6 cm.) high (3)
£2,500-4,000 $3,800-6,100
€3,400-5,400
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