Ref: Y781
Archive item - not for sale
Chinese blanc de Chine cylinder-shaped censer, 18th century, of archaistic form, with concentric bands, the central band decorated with a faint Greek-key motif and Kui-dragons, supported on three rui shaped feet, diameter: 4 3/4in., 12cm; condition: pin-pricks to surface. The shape of this censer is based on an archaistic bronze lian form. For an illustrated example of a similar censer with same decoration see, 'Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I' (The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016), p. 253, pl. 104. SOLD
