California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 March 9, 2019  March 9, 2019

 Lot # 6055 
A BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURES' TRIPOD CENSER    明 空白期青花人物三足瓷香爐 配酸枝木蓋


  • Dimension: Height: 1/2 in (1.0 cm) Diameter: 11 2/8 in (28.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1500
  • Estimate To: $2500

Of low cylindrical form, the body painted with literati figures engaging in scholarly leisures accompanied by young attendants in an outdoor garden setting, all below raised filet and a band of key-fret pattern, all supported on animal mask feet. Accompanied with rosewood cover. Ming Dynasty period.


此爐直口,筒腹,平底下承以三足,形制古雅,端莊古樸。胎質晰白堅致,通體施釉清透明潤,頗有玉質感。外壁青花描繪紋飾,呈色柔和淡雅,正是典型的成化平等青髮色。口沿下繪迴紋一週,腹部為主題紋飾,繪“童子”“老者”“卷雲”“香爐”“花草”。其繪畫頗見意趣,構圖疏密有致,極見章法。