GE-TYPE CRACKLE-GLAZED INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 黃哥釉戟耳香爐 the bulbous body raised on a short ring foot to a slightly waisted neck with a flared rim, the rim flanked with two angular handles, the vessel covered overall in a layer of yellowish-brown glaze suffused with a network of black and faint russet crackles, with a zitan wooden cover topped with an agate finial of a lingzhi fungus form (9.5cm diameter; 13cm wide across handles) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private English collection, London; acquired from a deceased house in Brighton Note: Ge-type crackle-glazed with a brownish tint is called the 'huang ge-glaze', meaning the yellow ge-glaze. It is done by applying an extra layer of beige glaze on top of a white ge-glaze. Compare to a yellow ge-glazed incense burner, dated to the early Qing dynasty, flanked with elephant ears, sold at Sungari Beijing, 18 June 2017, lot 2154; Also compare to a slightly larger example, with similar angular handles and denser crackles, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.