Censer

Lot 162. A rare pair of gold-splashed bronze censers with Arabic inscriptions, 18th century; Ø 19.3 cm. Sold for CHF 110 100 (Estimate 100 000 / 150 000 | (€ 103 090 / 154 640)). Photo Koller Provenance: - According to a handwritten inventory these items have been purchased at Speelman (London) in 1974. A photo of one of them has been published in the magazine Casa & Jardim (Portugal), November 1999.- From an old Geneva collection. Koller. ART D'ASIE : HIMALAYA, CHINE. 20... [Lire la suite]

Lot 118. Collection of General Baron Haro van Hemert tot Dingshof (1879-1972). Two Longquan celadon censers, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Hauteur : 14,5 cm et 21,4 cm, socle et couvercle en hongmu. Price realised EUR 5,040 (Estimate EUR 4,000 – EUR 6,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 Le brûle-parfum cylindrique est à décor moulé de larges pivoines parmi les rinceaux feuillagés sous une frise de grecques. Le second brûle-parfum reposant sur trois pieds et surmonté de deux... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 284. A cloisonné enamel censer, Gui, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century; Width 14.5cm, 5¾ in. Lot sold: 9,450 GBP (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. Lot 286. A cloisonné enamel censer, Gui, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century; Width 13.7 cm, 5⅜ in. Lot sold: 61,740 GBP (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. the base with an apocryphal four-character Jingtai mark within a square. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 60. An archaistic Dehua censer, 17th-18th century. Height 10 cm, 4 in. Lot sold 5,040 GBP (Estimate : 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2022 Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 11 May 2022  

Lot 40. A Chinese Dehua censer, 17th century; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) across handles. Estimate: 7,000 - USD 9,000. © Christie's 2022 Molded around the body with a central band of archaistic dragons on a leiwen ground, flanked by a pair of dragon-head handles.  Provenance: Lally & Co., New York, no. 3178 (according to label).The Collection of Khalil Rizk, New York. Christie's. The Collection of Pierre Durand, New York, 27 January 2022

Lot 14. A Dehua censer, 17th-18th century; 6 1/4in (15.9cm) diam. Sold for US$ 3,825 / € 3,341 (Est: $1,500 - $2,500). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Of bombe form set over a spreading foot, molded with a pair of lion-mask handles, the glaze a cool white tone. Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, LosAngeles, 16 Dec 2021

Lot 6. A small Longquan celadon censer, China, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644); 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) long. Price Realised USD 4,000 (Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500). © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Property from the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Art Acquisitions Fund. Provenance: James W. Alsdorf (1913-1990) Collection, Chicago, Illinois.Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, accessioned in 1986. Christie's. Asia! New York, 14 Sept - 28 Sept 2021

Lot 1066. A pair of brown-glazed censers, boshan lu, Eastern Han dynasty; 22 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot Sold: 27,720 HKD. (C) 2021 Sotheby's Provenance: Roger Keverne, London. The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd, sample no. C111n18. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including Song Ceramics from the Kai-Yin Lo Collection, Hong Kong, 26 August 2021

Lot 127. A Zhangzhou brown-glazed slip-decorated censer, Wanli period (1572-1620). Diameter 14 cm. Est: €3,000 - €5,000. Courtesy Lempertz Of bulbous shape, decorated in white slip on an amber-brown ground to the exterior with a dragon and a phoenix and two lion mask handles below the rim. Provenance: Private collection, Ruhr area, assembled since the 1960s, acquired in 1966 at China Bohlken, Westerland, and thence in the family by descent. Literature: Compare a bowl of similar type in Hong Kong Museum of Art,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 853. A very rare small Ge censer, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century; 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) wide across handles. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021 The censer has a compressed globular body raised on a short foot and is flanked by a pair of stylized fish-form handles, covered overall in a thick greyish-cream glaze with a network of 'iron' crackle suffused with a tighter network of reddish-gold-tone crackle. Provenance: F. C. Harrison (1863-1938)... [Lire la suite]