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Dehua rust red censer with lion-head masksLate
Dehua rust red censer with lion-head masksLate
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Dehua rust red censer with lion-head masksLate Ming dynasty (1600-44)
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Dehua rust red censer with lion-head masksLate
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BATEA : 167
Simple name
censer
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ceramic; porcelain; Dehua; monochrome; Ming; censer; lion; animal; red; China;
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A red Dehua censer of circular form with two small lion's head masks one on either side, the lip sharply everted, the sides bulging but contracting to the footrim, the base revealing the icing sugar-like body. The whole outside and one third 0f the interior is covered with rust coloured brown caused by complete suffusion of the rich iron oxide glaze.
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porcelain
Description condition
good
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white
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rust-red glaze
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5.2cm
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8.3cm
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17 century
Production period
Ming
Production place
China
Production site name
Dehua
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The experts from Fujian confirmed to BSM in 1991 that this piece was from the Dehua kilns and dates to the late Ming dynasty.
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