Lot 121. A blue and white 'dragon' censer, Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1620). Width 13.9 cm. Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 36,000 GBP. © Sotheby's 2024

the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double rectangle.

Note: Compare a similar censer sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 10th April 2006, lot 1824, included in the exhibition The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2010, cat. no. 101, from the collection of Kwong Yee Che, and sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th May 2024, lot 2833; and another, from the collection of V. W. Shriro, sold in these rooms, 28th May 1963, lot 128, and again in our New York rooms, 22nd March 2022, lot 71, from the collection of Dr Wou Kiuan.