Chinese Qing Guangxu Blue & White Porcelain Censer Shou Longevity
item#: 1309339
price: SOLD
Large Chinese Qing dynasty Guangxu period bombe form censer (incense burner) with flared rim decorated in underglaze blue on a white porcelain ground with three horizontal rows of zhuanshu "shou" (longevity) ideographs extending around the circumference of the bulbous body. A key-fret border is above the calligraphy and a petal border is below it. Two underglaze blue concentric circles are on the recessed glazed base. The glaze extends up the interior of the unglazed foot rim. 6 1/4” diameter by 4 1/2” high. Circa 1880 - 1910. Very good overall condition. There are stains and production imperfections in the undecorated interior. There is a stain under the glaze on the base.