A large heavily potted censer. Late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century. photo Nagel Auctions

Blanc de Chine, Dehua ware, province Fujian, with cream coloured glaze standing on three short feet modelled as lion heads and paws, the outside of the censer is decorated in moulded high relief with the Eight Divinatory Trigrams (bagua)

Cf. Robert H. Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine - The great porcelain of Dehua, Ten Speed Press, Berkley/Toronto, 2002, p. 20 B

Few small polished chips, few firing cracks. D. 31,6 cm - Estimate 2500 €

A good teapot and cover with moulded prununs branch. Late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century. .photo Nagel Auctions

Blanc de Chine, Dehua ware, province Fujian, with whitish cream colour glaze and two applied small flowering plum trees in high relief, this teapot resembles much the red stoneware teapots produced in high quantities at Yixing at the same time

At Marchant's catalogue 1994, no. 65 is a quite similar, however a bit smaller and also slender teapot published with the 2 moulded flowering prunus branches on the body and an additional impressed relief decor of leaves on the lid, dated to c. 1640

In the Singapore publication, cat. no. 95, is shown a taller teapot but very similar in shape and proportions, also in regard of the applied decoration of two prunus branches, dated to the 17th ct.

Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine, 2002, p. 51 C, a smaller and similar teapot but with a decorated lid, dated to late 17th to early 18th ct. 

Tiny frit to tip of spout, good condition. H. 12,7 cm - Estimate 1500 €

A group of two dehua and one zhangzhou ware teapots and covers, China, 17th century. photo Nagel Auctions

Good condition. H. 8,3-10 cm - Estimate 1500 €

Nagel Auctions. Asian Art. November 4th 2011. www.auction.de