Lot 31. A Longquan celadon-glazed tripod incense burner, Ding, 15th-16th century. Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€11,000 - 17,000). Sold for £ 9,375 (€ 10,659). Photo Bonhams.

The compressed globular body raised on three thick, tapered legs, divided into three lobes carved with leafy scrolls beneath a keyfret band on the narrow neck terminating in an everted rim flanked by two rope-twist handles, the interior with three unglazed remains of kiln supports, with a Japanese silver cover finely cast with blooming peonies and foliage, Japanese wood box. 11cm (4 2/8in) diam. (3). 

Note: Compare the incense burner from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 16th century, illustrated by Tsai Mei-fen, Green - Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2009, pls.115. Another example in the Tokyo National Museum, is illustrated in Old Oriental Ceramics Donated by Yokogawa, Tokyo, 1953, no.124. A further example excavated in 1956 in Changping is illustrated by Zhu Boqian in Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, p.270, no.255.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 12 Nov 2015 10:00 GMT - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET