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•2215 PROVENANCE:
A TEA-DUST-GLAZED BOMBÉ CENSER
XIANFENG SIX-CHARACTER INSCRIBED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.
(1851-1861)
A very similar Xianfeng-marked censer is illustrated in The Complete
The censer has a pair of lion mask and fxed ring handles applied to Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome
the sides, and is covered overall with a matte glaze of dark tea-dust Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 274, no. 251. Another is illustrated in
color that thins on the edges of the rim and on the masks and also Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hu, Shanghai
covers the base where it thins to a paler tone on the raised areas of Museum, 1989, p. 134, no. 96, and again in Shimmering Colours:
the mark. Together with a tea-dust-glazed pear-shaped bottle vase, Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhuyetang Collection, Art
Tongzhi six-character inscribed mark and of the period (1862-1874), Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 230, no. 153.
covered overall with a matte glaze of fnely mottled, yellowish olive-
green color that thins on the rim and also covers the base surrounding 清咸豐 茶葉末釉簋式爐 六字篆書刻款
the large, pale olive-glazed mark. The bottom of the foot is covered
with a dark brown dressing.
Censer 8æ in. (22.2 cm.) diam. of mouth; vase 13Ω in. (34.2 cm.)
high (2)

$7,000-10,000

(marks)

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