£750
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
清 仿官釉圓形三足爐
heavily potted with bombé sides rising to an inverted rim and supported on tripod knobbed feet, covered overall in a thick pale celadon glaze with a dark crackle in imitation of Song dynasty guan ware, the unglazed base stained with a brown wash
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired from a dealer on the Kings Road in London about 25 years ago; a paper label on the interior with information 'St: 8873 Ic: Prc Pn: Pc: Yung Cheng Crackleware Incense Burner [Prc] ref 1374 Ex Vat: £420'
Note: a closely comparable large Guan-style tripod censer similar in size and shape was in the Collection of the Rev. Dr. James Mellon Menzies and in Sotheby's New York, 11-12 September 2012, lot 250