Provenance
Berwald Oriental Art, London.
The Drs. A. M. Sengers Collection, collection no. 240, acquired from the above in June 2000.
S. Marchant & Son, London, with their label to the base.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above on 17 October 2001 and accompanied by a copy of their original invoice. (see added scans)
Exhibited & illustrated:
S. Marchant & Son, London, included in their November 2001 exhibition of 'Ming Blue and White Porcelain. The Drs. A. M. Sengers Collection' and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue, pp. 88-89, no. 63.
Description
Robustly potted as a cylindrical censer supported on three moulded feet in the form of Buddhist lion masks, each impressed with the character wang (‘king’) on the forehead. The exterior is finely painted in underglaze blue with three principal figural scenes, each centred on a rocky platform enclosed within a fenced garden landscape. One panel depicts Amitābha Buddha seated in meditation, his left hand holding the opening of a cloth bag, while accompanying figures include Asita and possibly Rāhula, the son of the Buddha. These are interspersed with scenes of various luohans, each rendered with distinctive attributes and set amidst rockwork, garden fences and flowering vegetation. Above runs a raised rib beneath a band of Y-diaper ornament interrupted by three cartouches enclosing flowering branches. The upper rim is encircled by a raised key-fret band, while the flattened mouth rim is decorated with a continuous scroll of flowerheads and foliage.
Reference:
University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 'The Fame of Flame. Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods', pp. 262-263, for a closely related example from the Songde Tang Collection.
A similar example is illustrated by Masahiko Kawahara, 'Ko-sometsuke', Monochrome Section, pl. 124–125.
Another example was included by S. Marchant & Son in their July 1980 exhibition of 'Chinese Blue and White, Wan Li to K’ang Hsi', no. 42.
Lot 97
Chongzhen
Dia.: 20,3 cm - H.: 17,9 cm
Estimation
€ 15.000,00 – € 25.000,00
Provenance
Berwald Oriental Art, London.
The Drs. A. M. Sengers Collection, collection no. 240, acquired from the above in June 2000.
S. Marchant & Son, London, with their label to the base.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above on 17 October 2001 and accompanied by a copy of their original invoice. (see added scans)
Exhibited & illustrated:
S. Marchant & Son, London, included in their November 2001 exhibition of 'Ming Blue and White Porcelain. The Drs. A. M. Sengers Collection' and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue, pp. 88-89, no. 63.