Lot 381. A Dehua tripod incense burner, ding, Late Ming dynasty; 14.5cm high. Sold for HK$ 42,000 (€ 4,697). © Bonhams.

Raised on three slim and tall cylindrical feet, the bulbous body moulded in lower relief with a frieze of keyfret scrolls set between a pair of bow-string borders, a pair of bail handles flanked each sides at the rim, the base with four-character maker's mark 'linjie shengzhi', all on white glaze of ivory tone. 

Note: A similar incense burner is illustrated in Blanc de Chine, S.Marchant & Son, London, 2006, no.71; another example is in the Meiyintang collection, illustrated in R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol.2, London, 1994, p.298, no.995. For a larger tripod incense burner in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum 37. Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, no.108.