A Small Cizhou Incenser – Mandarin Duck – mid Qing
December 2012 Auction by Far East Asian Art

Here we offer a charming little Cizhou two piece incense holder/burner in the shape of a Mandarin Duck. As is the norm for this type of early Chinese pottery, the body of the duck is a tan glaze over the clay with iron brown highlights to distinguish various aspects of the duck – his tail, his wings, the eyes and the feathers at the top of the head. The piece measures 3” long by 1 ¾” high by 1 ½” wide...