A WHITE-GLAZED BOWL AND STAND, AND AN INCENSE BURNER 10th/11th century Comprising a bowl and stand, the bowl with deeply rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot, covered in a creamy white glaze falling irregularly above the foot to reveal the chalky-white stoneware body, together with a cup stand similarly glazed white, the bowl, 10.5cm (4 1/8in) diam.; the incense burner rising from a bell-shaped stepped foot supporting a cylindrical cup with everted umbrella-rim, glazed cream-white falling irregularly above the foot. 12.5cm (5in) diam. (3). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十/十一世紀 白釉盞帶托 及白釉行爐 Provenance: acquired in 2000 (the bowl and stand) (collector's notes) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in 2006 (the incense burner) (collector's notes) 來源： 獲得于2000年（白釉盞及托）（藏家筆記） 獲得于倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2006年（行爐）（藏家筆記） The incense burner is known as 'walking incense burner' 行爐 (xing lu), as the name suggests, a portable incense burner designed to be carried while walking. It derives from a ritual practice in Buddhism known as 'walking with incense' 行香 (xing xiang), in which a censer is carried in the hands and borne in procession around Buddhist images as part of a devotional rite. Compare with a similar incense burner with white glaze, Dingyao, Northern Song dynasty, illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, p.76, no.20; another example, but Yaozhou green glaze ware, early Northern Song dynasty, is illustrated in Ibid., p.180, no.72. See a related Cizhou-type cream-glazed censer, xing lu, Norther Song dynasty, 11th/12th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2016, lot 808. The bowl is likely a product of the Huozhou kiln (霍州窯) in Huozhou, Shanxi Province. Production at this kiln began in the Northern Song period and reached its height during the Jin dynasty. Renowned for its finely potted white porcelain, the kiln's white-glazed wares are distinguished by tiny firing spike marks (as observed on the interior of the current bowl). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing