A rare reticulated white-glazed incense burner and cover


Circa 11th/12th centuryOf spherical form, the domed cover pierced with triangular apertures around a stylised flowerhead with a central aperture at the top, the wide rim fitted over the inset lip of the hemispherical base raised on a cylindrical support with spreading foot, covered with a transparent glaze inside and out, fitted box. 10cm (4in) high. (2).
|約十一/十二世紀 白釉鏤雕小薰爐Provenance: acquired from R & V Tregaskis, Sydney, on 15 January 2002, no.1784 24 The Reid Collection來源： 於2002年1月15日購自悉尼古董商R & V Tregaskis，編號1784 24Reid 收藏A related white-glazed spherical censer, Northern Song dynasty, is illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, London, 1994, pp.196–197, no.345.