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4 juin 2016

A Dehua ding-form tripod censer, late Ming-early Qing dynasty, 17th century

A Dehua ding-form tripod censer, late Ming-early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Lot 3328. A Dehua ding-form tripod censer, late Ming-early Qing dynasty, 17th century. Estimate HK$300,000-400,000 ($39,000-52,000). Unsold. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The archaistic vessel is raised on three tall, tapering columnar legs, with a bulbous body moulded in low relief with a band of confronted pairs of dragons reserved on a fine leiwen ground set between bow-string borders. The flat mouth rim is surmounted by a pair of bail handles, all covered with a glaze of ivory tone except for the base of the feet. 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance: An important American private collection, acquired by the grandfather of the previous owner in Whampoa, Guangdong, between 1890 and 1920, and thence by descent within the family.

Notes: A censer of identical size in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 108. Another example of comparable size was in the T. Y. Chao Collection and sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 18 November 1986, lot 113.

A further example but smaller in size (13.2 cm. high) is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from The Meiyintang Collection, Vol. II, 1994, no. 995, pp. 298-9.

Christie's. THE IMPERIAL SALE / IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, 1 June 2016, Convention Hall

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