Of compressed spherical form with two upright loop handles, with incised mark Lin Shi Zi Xin
It is quite rare to have this mark on this censer and it is the mark of a Dehua potter active in the Ming dynasty named Lin Zixin.
Sold on behalf of a Portuguese dealer to a New York private collector in July 2019 for £3,300.
The gently sloping sides of each rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, covered to the interior and exterior with an even celadon
Possibly from one of the Huairen kilns, Shanxi province. The rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, covered in
Worked in the form of a recumbent horse, its head turned to the left and looking back towards its hind quarters, the stone of a pale
Worked with a dragon head terminal facing a chilong carved on the curved shaft, the reverse with a circular knop, the stone of a translucent even
Carved with a continuous scene of the sages and attendants beside a bridge in a rocky mountainous landscape, with wutong trees and retreats nestled into the
Possibly Ding or Huozhou kilns. The gently sloping sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to an everted petal notched rim, the exterior sides scored