Fine Asian Art

A BLUE AND WHITE KOSOMETSUKE PORCELAIN INCENSE BURNER, China, Ming dynasty, Tianqi period (1621-1627)

h cm 15,3

Rectangular in shape, the lid handle is modeled as a seated lion, decorated with the fukizumi technique of misted ink. The body, with a lobed foot, is beautifully painted with panels featuring floral motifs on a blue background, alternated with panels displaying Buddhist symbols. It comes with its Japanese wooden box.

Provenance: Private collection, The Netherlands.

Catalogue note:

For a similar incense burner, but larger with the lion's paw on a brocade ball, see the Butler collection, illustrated in Sir Michael Butler, Medley Margaret, and Little Stephen, 1990 Alexandria, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, p. 43, pl. no. 7.

青花狮塑香炉，中国，明天启