Property from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann (Lot 832 - 858)
A rare inscribed flambé-glazed censer, Qing dynasty, 18th century
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Description
incised on one side with a sixteen-character dedicatory inscription reading Jiaqing dingmao qiu bayue zhi ji Nanhai Mai Baichang jingchou ('Respectfully presented as a votive offering by Mai Baichang from Nanhai on the auspicious [day] in the eighth month of the dingmao year of Jiaqing’s reign [corresponding to 1807]'), wood stand (2)
Diameter 23.5 cm, 9¼ in.
E. Kotanyi, Berlin.
Offered Christie's London, 11th July 2006, lot 139.
Offered Sotheby's London, 7th November 2012, lot 425.
Hausmann writes in his notes how the glaze gives the censer “an almost stone-like appearance. This is an impression which is enhanced by the solid, yet elegant potting and the animal masks - a subtle reference to archaic bronze
vessels”.
