A QINGBAI CENSER AND COVER, BOSHANLU
A QINGBAI CENSER AND COVER, BOSHANLU
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A QINGBAI CENSER AND COVER, BOSHANLU

SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)

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A QINGBAI CENSER AND COVER, BOSHANLU
SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
The censer has a rounded bowl that is raised on a hexagonal pedestal foot molded with overlapping petals. The domed cover is molded in the form of a stylized mountain peak that rises to a star-shaped opening and is pierced at the sides with cloud-form apertures. Both are covered overall with a glossy translucent glaze of brilliant aquamarine-blue tone.
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4873.

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Lot Essay

A similar qingbai tripod boshanlu censer is in the collection of the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, and illustrated in Sōdai no seihakuji (Qingbai Wares of Song Dynasty), Osaka, 1994, p. 16, no. 42. Another related qingbai tripod boshanlu censer in the collection of the Idemitsu Museum is illustrated in Tōyō no shiroi yakimono: Junnaru sekai (White Ceramics of the East: the Genuine Pure World), Tokyo, 2012, p. 42, no. 54, described as Fujian type from the Southern Song dynasty.

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