A rare soft-paste white-glazed incised chrysanthemum censer. Incised six-character seal mark Qianlong and of the period (1736-1795) - image-1
A rare soft-paste white-glazed incised chrysanthemum censer. Incised six-character seal mark Qianlong and of the period (1736-1795) - image-2
A rare soft-paste white-glazed incised chrysanthemum censer. Incised six-character seal mark Qianlong and of the period (1736-1795) - image-1A rare soft-paste white-glazed incised chrysanthemum censer. Incised six-character seal mark Qianlong and of the period (1736-1795) - image-2

Lot 97 Dα

A rare soft-paste white-glazed incised chrysanthemum censer. Incised six-character seal mark Qianlong and of the period (1736-1795)

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
05.12.2014, 10:00 - China - Porcelain and Ceramics (incl. the Elbrecht Collection)
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 19.840 € (incl. premium)

A rare soft-paste white-glazed incised chrysanthemum censer. Incised six-character seal mark Qianlong and of the period (1736-1795)

A rare soft-paste incised chrysanthemum censer with a cylindrical cross-section, supported on three squat cabriole legs, covered with a crackled white glaze and incised on the interior with a centralised chrysanthemum motif, and the exterior and legs with scrolling chrysanthemum. A ring of nine small spur marks to base. Two feet restored. Incised six-character seal mark Qianlong and of the period (1736-1795).
Height 4.5 cm, diameter ca. 13 cm

乾隆 粉定白釉刻菊紋三足爐 《大清乾隆年製》篆书款

Provenance

Collection Annelotte Elbrecht (1924-2013)

Literature

Compare an identical censer with Yongzheng mark and of the period, illustrated in: Catalogue of Special Exhibtion Ching Dynasty Monochrome Porcelains in the National Palace Museum Taipei, p. 113, no. 61