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Lot Essay
It is rare to find a jade example of this type, since Islamic-market vessels are more commonly seen in porcelain, bronze, and cloisonné enamel.
A 16th century Islamic-market wucai porcelain cylindrical censer is found in the collection of the Percival David Foundation and is illustrated by M. Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares, London, 1978, pl. 10, no. 108. See also a blue and white example with Kangxi mark, lot 236.
Concurrently, censers with Arabic-inscribed medallions were being made in bronze. See Jin Yu Qing Jan: Yang Ping Zhen Xian Sheng Zhen Ming Qing Tong Li, an exhibition of Mr. Yang Ping Zhen's Collection of Ming and Qing Bronze Censers, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1996, p. 195, no. 118, for a cylindrical censer with Arabic medallions and a Zhengde mark.
A 16th century Islamic-market wucai porcelain cylindrical censer is found in the collection of the Percival David Foundation and is illustrated by M. Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares, London, 1978, pl. 10, no. 108. See also a blue and white example with Kangxi mark, lot 236.
Concurrently, censers with Arabic-inscribed medallions were being made in bronze. See Jin Yu Qing Jan: Yang Ping Zhen Xian Sheng Zhen Ming Qing Tong Li, an exhibition of Mr. Yang Ping Zhen's Collection of Ming and Qing Bronze Censers, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1996, p. 195, no. 118, for a cylindrical censer with Arabic medallions and a Zhengde mark.