Rare Chinese Longquan Celadon Glazed Lobed Incense Burner, Southern Song/Yuan
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A rare Chinese Longquan celadon glazed lobed incense burner, Southern Song/Yuan Dynasty, the truncated lobed body supported on three slightly splayed legs, the shoulder with a horizontal rib intersecting vertical flanges associated with the mouth rim stimulating the form of a blooming mallow, rising to a short neck and an everted rim, applied throughout with an unctuous sea green glaze thinning to a pale green at the ridges, the bottom of each leg left unglazed revealing the pale ware burnt russet-orange in the firing. With a Japanese silver cover and a Japanese wooden box, the cover of the box is inscribed, a Aoyama family collection label on the reverse side of the cover. The present incense burner, elegantly modelled with an undulating mouth rim to simulate the form of a blooming mallow, is highly unusual. Mallow shape is not uncommon on bowls and dishes, but it is extremely rare to find it on an incense burner. The exquisite bluish-green kinuta glaze as seen on the present vessel was particularly valued in Japan, where the incense ceremony kodo plays a highly important role. A very similar censer please see Bonhams Hong Kong, 29/05/2023, lot 308. A Ge ware tripod incense burner with a similar barbed rim and sides, published in Ge ci ya ji. Gugong Bowuyuan zhencang ji chutu Geyao cigi huicui [Selection of Ge Ware. The Palace Museum collection and Archaeological Discoveries], Palace Museum, Beijing, 2017, pl. 108. 11 cm diameter, 9 cm high, /
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- Everted - An everted rim is an outwardly turning or flaring outwards rim, as seen the rims on jugs, vases, bowls and dishes.
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