Lot 70. A rare blue and white censer, Qing dynasty, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 22,5cm. 8 7/8 in. Estimate 6,000 — 9,000 GBP. Lot sold 14,400 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2007

the compressed globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a short waisted neck with everted rim, painted around the exterior with a broad band of mythical beasts amidst tumultuous foaming waves, all between key-fret and lotus scroll bands.

Note: The blue wave design on this incense burner is related to a dish in the Percival David Foundation, inscribed with a post-dynastic Ming date corresponding to 1644, included in the exhibition Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period: 1620-1683, China House Gallery, China Institute of America, New York, 1983, p.16, cat.no. 17.