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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD CENSER

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

The heavily potted censer is raised on three mask and paw supports. The
shallow rounded sides curve inward to the flat rim and are carved with
the Eight Trigrams between borders of small applied florets. It is covered
overall with a sea-green glaze except the slightly irregular circle in the
interior which was left in the biscuit including the protruding rounded
centre of the base, both burnt orange in the firing.
13 in. (33 cm.) diam., wood box

HK$40,000-60,000US$5,200-7,800

Provenance:

A private institution, western Japan, acquired in the 1920s

明十五世紀  龍泉青釉模印八卦紋三足爐

來源:

日本私人機構珍藏,入藏於 1920 年代

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