CHINESE JIZHOU BLACK-GLAZED 'LOTUS' INCENSE BURNER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
£504
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
南宋 吉州窯黑釉行爐
moulded with a stepped stem foot, the exterior of the cylindrical body decorated with lotus petals, covered overall in a brownish black glaze stopping in the middle of the foot, revealing the buff stoneware body
Dimensions
8.8cm high
Footnote
A comparable incense burner with deep cup and also covered in black glaze, dated to the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), is in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated by He Li in Chinese Ceramics, San Francisco, 1996, no. 303, p. 165.