Candleholder (2) - Gold leaf
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A two-item Ming Dynasty porcelain incense burner finished with gold leaf, palace-shaped with a treasure roof, titled "Chenghua Reign Inscription Underglaze Blue Imperial Incense Burner", dating to ca. 1450–1500 (with an estimated 1600–1650 period), featuring openwork landscape panels, lotus scrolls, and dragon and cloud motifs, a grayish-blue cobalt glaze with fine crackles, a six-character underglaze blue base mark, measuring 14 cm high by 10 cm wide by 5 cm deep, in fair condition with heavy use and possibly missing parts, and gilding cracks repaired in real gold; sold without a stand.
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• Shape: A palace-shaped incense burner with a treasure-shaped roof, featuring a pearl, a lion biting a ring, and a cloud-shaped handle.
• Pattern: Landscape in openwork panels, lotus scrolls, and dragon and cloud designs.
• Color: Grayish-blue cobalt glaze, slightly diffused.
• Base mark: Six-character underglaze blue mark in regular script.
• Body and glaze: The body is relatively thick, the glaze has fine crackles, and the bottom is severely blackened (signs of long-term use).
This incense burner is known as a "Chenghua Reign Inscription Underglaze Blue Imperial Incense Burner." Antique collectors' conditions and value:
• Obvious signs of gilding (cracks on the roof and bottom were repaired with real gold), classifying it as "significantly damaged."
• Shape: A palace-shaped incense burner with a treasure-shaped roof, featuring a pearl, a lion biting a ring, and a cloud-shaped handle.
• Pattern: Landscape in openwork panels, lotus scrolls, and dragon and cloud designs.
• Color: Grayish-blue cobalt glaze, slightly diffused.
• Base mark: Six-character underglaze blue mark in regular script.
• Body and glaze: The body is relatively thick, the glaze has fine crackles, and the bottom is severely blackened (signs of long-term use).
This incense burner is known as a "Chenghua Reign Inscription Underglaze Blue Imperial Incense Burner." Antique collectors' conditions and value:
• Obvious signs of gilding (cracks on the roof and bottom were repaired with real gold), classifying it as "significantly damaged."
Details
Era
1900-2000
Gold type
Gold leaf
No. of items
2
Country of Origin
China
Material
Gold, Porcelain
Dynastic Style/Period
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Colour
Gold
Condition
Fair condition - heavily used & with possibly minor parts missing
Height
14 cm
Sold with stand
No
Width
10 cm
Depth
5 cm
Estimated period
1450-1500, 1600-1650
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