A CERAMIC 'BUDDHIST TEMPLE BELL' CENSER, MING

A RARE EMERALD-GREEN GLAZED CERAMIC 'BUDDHIST TEMPLE BELL' CENSER AND COVER, MING DYNASTY
China, 1368-1644. Finely modeled, the censer itself of cylindrical shape with a wavy base and surmounted by the bell-shaped cover with a central circular aperture at the top below the twin-dragon handle, covered overall in a lustrous emerald-green glaze.

Inscriptions: To both the base and cover, 'Qian (front)', indicating the front side of each.

Provenance: Old French private collection. Old collector's labels to base and interior, one old inscription '1079' to base.
Condition: Overall good condition with old wear and firing irregularities, small chips and losses, minor repairs and touchups.

Weight: 1,078 g
Dimensions: Height 18 cm, Base diameter 12 cm

Literature comparison: Compare a bronze Buddhist temple bell from the Qianlong period, with a similar dragon loop handle and undulating rim, at Christie's London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 11 May 2010, lot 184. Compare also a white jade bell at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 May 2014, lot 753, and a small agate bell at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 8 October 2013, lot 3336, both dated to the Qianlong period. For a white-glazed porcelain bell, of related size and dated ca. 1640, see Bonhams Hong Kong, Eternal Resonance. Music in Chinese Art, 1 December 2020, lot 16.

明代罕見寶石綠釉鐘形蓋爐
中國，1368-1644年。造型精巧，爐身呈圓柱形，底足呈波浪形，鐘形蓋，雙龍形鈕，整體施寶石綠色釉。

款: 蓋上和底座都有一個“前”字。

來源：底座和爐内法國私人老收藏標簽，底座上的一個老標簽上寫著“1079”。
品相：總體品相良好，舊磨損和燒製不規則、小磕片和缺損、小修補。

重量：1,078 克
尺寸：高18 厘米, 底座直徑12 厘米

文獻比較：一件乾隆時期的佛寺銅鈡，具有類似的龍形鈕和波浪形底座邊緣, 倫敦佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 2010年5月11日，lot 184。一件白玉鈡，香港蘇富比2014年5月 27日 lot 753, 一件瑪瑙小鈡于香港蘇富比Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2013年10月8日 lot 3336, 兩件都來自乾隆時期。一件白釉瓷鈡，相似尺寸，約1640年, 見香港邦翰思Eternal Resonance. Music in Chinese Art 2020年12月1日 lot 16。