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A RARE WUCAI RETICULATED INCENSE
BURNER
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

The tall, high-shouldered, hollow body is
ftted on the interior of the upper body with
a rounded bowl, and the sides are molded
with six lobes separated by alternating
ascending and descending chilong. Each lobe
is pierced with elaborate openings from
which rise iron-red lingzhi sprigs, all on an
iron-red diaper ground between a petal-
lappet border below and leaf-tip border
above. The neck is pierced with three
quatrefoil openings separated by babao on a
diaper ground below a narrow band of key
fret on the mouth rim.

7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box,
Japanese silver cover

$8,000-12,000

A very similar wucai incense burner of
comparable height (17.9 cm.), dated Wanli period,
is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu
Collection, Japan, 1987, pl. 768.

明十六/十七世紀 五彩香爐

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