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26 * Longquan celadon glazed incense burners and covers are rarer in
the playful animal or figural shape compared to the more typical open
AN UNUSUAL LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED ‘DOUBLE vessel forms. See for example a Longquan celadon sampan and
DRAGON HEAD’ INCENSE BURNER AND COVER figure shaped incense burner and cover and a larger crane shaped
16th century incense burner and cover, both Yuan dynasty, from the Songde Tang
The oblong incense burner surmounted by a domed cover carved collection, illustrated by A.C.M.Lai, The Multiplicity of Simplicity:
with scale designs, surmounted by a top shaped as the heads of two Monochrome Wares from the Song to the Yuan Dynasties, Hong
confronting dragons clutching a flaming pearl, covered overall with a Kong, 2012, pls.80-81.
sea-green glaze, Japanese wood box.
9cm (3 1/2in) high (3).
£15,000 - 20,000 CNY150,000 - 190,000
HK$180,000 - 240,000
十六世紀 龍泉青釉雙龍銜珠蓋盒
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