TWO LONGQUAN CELADON INCENSE BURNERS Song Dynasty Each of cylindrical form rising from a narrow foot ring and supported on tripod feet, one with moulded ribs encircling the body and supported on ruyi head feet; the other with moulded trigrams around the body and raised on cabriole legs. The largest 12.5cm (4 7/8in) diam. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 宋 龍泉青釉香爐兩件 Provenance: Marie Vergottis collection, Switzerland (1914-1999) (collector's notes) (the shorter incense burner) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in 2000 (collector's notes) (the shorter incense burner) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in 2001 (collector's notes) (the taller incense burner) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.4, n.p, 2023, p.112 Incense burners were essential in a Song Dynasty scholar's study for creating a philosophical yet meditative ambiance. The larger incense burner in the present lot displays Daoist iconography with its bagua symbols made up of broken and unbroken yin and yang lines. The other with ruyi cloud feet, wishes good fortune and success to the beholder. Compare with a celadon eight trigrams incense burner, Southern Song/Yuan Dynasty, in the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, accession no.1499. See also a Longquan celadon glazed tripod incense burner, Southern Song Dynasty, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29th November 2024, lot 1331. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing