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THREE SOFT-PASTE WHITE-GLAZED
SCHOLARS OBJECTS
17th/18th century
The incense burner of a compressed globular
form decorated with honey-comb pattern,
flanked by a pair of beast-head handles
and raised on three legs issuing from beast-
heads, the pierced cover with lion-dog finial,
13cm (5 1/8in) high; the small meiping vase
of elegant baluster form, finely incised with
archaic writhing chilong amidst auspicious
lingzhi fungus, all above a band of upright ruyi
heads, 11cm (4 3/8in) high; the small circular
seal paste box and cover finely incised with
a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the sides
carved with crashing waves, the base with an
apocryphal Jiajing six-character mark, 4.2cm
(1 6/8in) wide. (5).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

113 Provenance
The incense burner, H.B.Harris (d. 1929)
R.F.A.Riesco (1877-1964), no.103 (label)
Sotheby’s London, 23 June 1970, lot 123
An English private collection

The vase and circular box, Abel William Bahr
(1877-1959)
Edna H.Bahr by descent from her father
Sotheby’s London, 1 November 1965, lots
160 and 161
An English private collection

Published and Illustrated
The incense burner, A.L. Hetherington, Early
Chinese Ceramics of China, London, 1922,
pl.25, fig.2.

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A WHITE-GLAZED ‘EIGHT TRIGRAMS’
TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
17th century
The cylindrical body with moulded ba gua to
the exterior, flanked by two flanged handles
with dragon heads, raised on three feet, with
a reticulated hardwood stand and lid, the
knop formed from a carnelian carving of a
lingzhi. 30cm (11 3/4in) wide (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

115
AN ANHUA WHITE-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’
BOTTLE VASE
Qing Dynasty
The globular body with four writhing dragons,
pencil drawn in a faint underglaze-blue and
subtly incised. 14cm (5 1/2in) high
£1,000 - 2,000
114 CNY8,800 - 18,000
HK$11,000 - 22,000

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