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A RARE LARGE FAHUA RETICULATED TRIPOD CENSER

LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The cylindrical censer is raised on three cabriole legs and the reticulated sides
have a continuous peony meander below pierced quatrefoils at the rim. The
exterior is glazed turquoise, dark blue and cream.
10¬ in. (27 cm.) diam.

$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE The present censer illustrated in Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, 1910,
no. G. 14.
William C. Alexander (1848-1937) Collection.
Christie’s London, 8 June 1992, lot 82.
Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2011, lot 503.

EXHIBITED

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, 1910,
no. G.14.

LITERATURE

Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain 1910, London, 1911, pl. L, no.
G.14.

晚明十六世紀 琺華鏤雕牡丹紋三足爐

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