A blanc de Chine censer with stylised dragon handles. Dehua. 17th/18th century - image-1

Lot 370 Dα

A blanc de Chine censer with stylised dragon handles. Dehua. 17th/18th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
15.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 750 € (incl. premium)

A blanc de Chine censer with stylised dragon handles. Dehua. 17th/18th century

Of gui shape with stylised dragon handles, around the body a moulded band with taotie masks or stylised dragons on a leiwen ground, covered with an ivory-tinged glaze.
Height 6.7 cm; length 14.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland. Acquired at Bödiger, Bonn, 24./25.9.1982, lot 774

Literature

Compare: An Exhibition of Te Hua porcelain, Art Gallery, Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, January to June 1975, fig. 42 and Ming and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P. Lin Collection, Hong Kong 2014, fig. 116