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二 22. Blue and white ko-sometsuke incense burner and holder, modelled as a seated Buddhist lion with open mouth and curled
十 upright tail, wearing a large bell attached to its collar and holding the ribbon of an openwork imitation brocade ball
二 in its mouth, a ball under his front left paw, the body speckled all over, with flames and hairwork, all on an integral

rectangular plinth decorated on each side with a ruyi-head panel, the sectional incense holder stand with an underglaze-
青 blue band on the foliate edge, the glazed interior plain.
花 22.7cm high.
獅 Wanli/Tianqi, circa 1620.
子 Old Japanese wood box.
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爐 • Formerly in a Japanese private collection.

• A similar piece is illustrated by Sir Michael Butler in Late Ming, Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Collections, Musée
明 National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg, 2008, no. 13, p. 40; another, in the Tokyo National Museum collection,
萬 without speckling on the body, is illustrated by Masahiko Kawahara in Ko-sometsuke, Monochrome Section, no. 121,
曆 p. 33; a further example, gift of Roy C. Leventritt, is in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
/ • A similar incense burner and stand modelled as a cat is included by Marchant in their exhibition of Ming Porcelain
天 for the Japanese Market, ko-sometsuke & ko-akai, 2008, no. 21, pp. 46/7 and front cover.
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