An unusual white-glazed censer. Yuan/early Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century - image-1

Lot 6 Dα

An unusual white-glazed censer. Yuan/early Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
05.12.2014, 10:00 - China - Porcelain and Ceramics (incl. the Elbrecht Collection)
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 6.944 € (incl. premium)

An unusual white-glazed censer. Yuan/early Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century

An unusual white-glazed censer with rounded sides and a lipped rim above a single line encircling the body, resting on high tripod legs with pad feet, the sides with two strap handles issuing from half way down the body and attached at the rim, covered with a thick milky-white glaze with areas of the base and interior remaining unglazed. Yuan/early Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century.
Height 9.4 cm

元/明14/15世紀 白釉雙耳三足爐

Provenance

Acquired from Ruth Schmidt, Berlin, 1984
Collection Annelotte Elbrecht (1924-2013)

Literature

Compare similar censers: H.W. Siegel, Form und Farbe, Sammlung H.W. Siegel, Cologne, 1972, cat. no. 92; Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm 1964, no. 713