A CYLINDRICAL DEHUA PORCELAIN CENSER ON THREE SHORT FEET

Description:

China, 17th c.
D. 13,4 cm
Thickly potted and molded with a broad everted rim above raised string bands around the exterior enclosing an impressed design of stylised archaic dragons on a leiwen ground, supported on three ruyi feet, covered overall with a white glaze save the interior.
Old German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Compare with a similar cylindrical incense burner with a band of archaic scrolls, early Qing dynasty, illustrated by P.J.Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1967, pl.19B. See also another similar tripod incense burner, mid 17th century, illustrated by R.Kerr and J.Ayers, Blanc De Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, Singapore, 2002, fig.77 - Very minor traces of age