Chinese Longquan
Celadon Shallow Bowl, Trifid Censer, Covered Jar and a Clair-de-Lune Trifid Censer
The first three Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the last 19th Century
The Longquan censer carved on three sides with recumbent mythological animals amidst ruyi fungus; the interior of the bowl with a carved floral reserve; and the Clair-de-Lune censer with underglaze blue six-character Qianlong mark. Each with minor glaze imperfections; the celadon censer with two firing cracks on underside of two feet. Diameter of bowl: 6-1/4 in (15.9 cm)Property from the Estate of David Payne Harris
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Notes Provenance: The second, Orientations, San Francisco, CA The third and fourth, T.Z. Shiota, San Francisco, CA