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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 535

A SMALL 'DEHUA' TRIPO D CENSER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PE RIOD
Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD

A SMALL 'DEHUA' TRIPOD CENSER
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
清康熙 德化白釉龍耳三足爐

the globular body supported on three splayed tapering legs and rising to a short neck, the shoulder set with a pair of small handles
in the form of simplified dragons, covered overall with a lustrous white glaze, Japanese openwork silver cover (2)

Height 3¾ in., 9.5 cm

Provenance
Collection of Dr. James D. Thornton (1921-2018).
Gifted to a Southern Institution in 1975.

來源
James D. Thornton 醫生 (1921-2018) 收藏
1975年贈與一南方機構

Catalogue Note
Dr. James D. Thornton was born in 1921 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. A successful physician who traveled frequently, he began
collecting Chinese ceramics in the 1960s. Purchasing primarily from Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, he amassed a formidable
collection of Qing dynasty imperial porcelains. Based in Chicago, Dr. Thornton was a member of the illustrious group of collectors
known as “The Orientals” which actively supported the Art Institute of Chicago. Generous with his collection, Dr. Thornton, loaned

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