Lot 182
CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE INCENSE BURNER
18TH CENTURY
Auction: 30 June 2010 at 12:00 BST
£2,250
Description
in the form of two seated kylins with a plant form (the holder) on a rectangular base, relief decorated with a dragon and plant forms to each long side, bears Oriental Ceramics Society 1947 exhibition label
Dimensions
9.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance: The collection of Samuel Johnston Melvin, Paisley and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramics Society exhibition 'Chinese Ceramic Figures', 1947, no. 86 and bearing label. Lent to the exhibition by Mr MH Soames. See 'Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society', 1946-47.