A blanc-de-Chine censer. Four-character seal mark zun gu jie jian. Dehua. Second half 17th century - image-1
A blanc-de-Chine censer. Four-character seal mark zun gu jie jian. Dehua. Second half 17th century - image-2
A blanc-de-Chine censer. Four-character seal mark zun gu jie jian. Dehua. Second half 17th century - image-1A blanc-de-Chine censer. Four-character seal mark zun gu jie jian. Dehua. Second half 17th century - image-2

Lot 82 Dα

A blanc-de-Chine censer. Four-character seal mark zun gu jie jian. Dehua. Second half 17th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
05.12.2014, 10:00 - China - Porcelain and Ceramics (incl. the Elbrecht Collection)
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)

A blanc-de-Chine censer. Four-character seal mark zun gu jie jian. Dehua. Second half 17th century

A blanc-de-Chine censer of circular form with lion head handles, covered with a cream-white glaze. Four-character seal mark Qiu gu qi jian. Dehua. Second half 17th century.
Height 7.2 cm, length 15 cm

17世紀 德化白瓷雙獸耳香爐 《遒古圻简》篆书款

Provenance

Collection Annelotte Elbrecht (1924-2013)

Literature

Compare a very similar censer with the same mark in: P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 12 centre, the mark p. 353 E1.
Compare: Geng Dong Sheng, Ming Qing Dehua baici (Ming and Qing White Wares from Dehua), Guangxi Meishu 2014, fig. 52, 53