A LONGQUAN CELADON FISH-HANDLED INCENSE BURNER Song/Yuan Dynasty Of bombé form rising from a tapered foot, with a wide body rising to a waisted neck and slightly everted rim, set with stylised fish handles and covered overall with a milky olive-green glaze. 10cm (4in) across the handles. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 宋/元 龍泉窰青釉雙魚耳簋式爐 Provenance: Chang Loo Peng, Singapore Helen Espir (b.1933), UK R & G McPherson Antiques, London Nicholas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010), London, acquired on 3 June 2004 Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Southeast Asian Ceramic Society Singapore, Chinese Celadons and other related Wares in South East Asia, Singapore, 1979, p.144, pl.55 來源：Chang Loo Peng，新加坡 Helen Espir（1933年出生），英國 倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques Nicholas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010)，倫敦，獲得于2004年6月3日 獲得于倫敦古董商 R & G McPherson Antiques 展覽著錄：東南亞陶瓷協會，《Chinese Celadons and other related Wares in South East Asia》，新加坡，1979年，第144頁，圖版55 Helen Espir (b.1933) is a collector of Chinese ceramics and a long-standing member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. She served as Assistant Honorary Secretary of the Society from 1984 to 1990. In 1988, she was responsible for starting The Chinese Scholar's Fund, aimed at providing Chinese scholars with opportunities to visit and study in the West. She authored European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, 1700-1830, the first book examining European decorators on Chinese porcelain throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. See R.Davids & D.Jellinek, Provenance: Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America, Oxford, 2011, p.166. Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) was the grandson of the author Walter de la Mare; his brother was the highly respected Chinese art expert, Julian Thompson, who was Chairman of Sotheby's Asia from 1992 to 2003. He came from a family of collectors that included Richard de la Mare, one of the founding directors of Faber and Faber. The distinguished collector, Sir Michael Butler, was one of Nicolas's oldest and closest friends. The form of the present lot is derived from archaic bronze gui 簋, a ritual vessel type widely used from the Shang through the Zhou dynasties, reflecting the archaic revival movement that gained prominence among cultural and social elites during the Song dynasty. Compare with a related Longquan celadon fish-handled incense burner, Southern Song, in the collection of the Huzhou Museum, illustrated in Yuedi cangzhen: Zhejiang guancang wenwu dadian taoci juan (越地藏珍：浙江館藏文物大典陶瓷卷), Hangzhou, 2022, p.253. See a similar Longquan celadon censer, Song/Yuan dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 March 2011, lot 567. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing