The domed cover is centred with a stylised chrysanthemum head in openwork above a reticulated honeycomb design. There are traces of metal on the rims of the base and the cover. It is covered all over with a crackle-infused translucent glaze with the exception of the foot rim, base and interior.
3³⁄₈ in. (8.6 cm.) high, fitted box

With Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 23 March 2009.

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A qingbai domed censer with a chrysanthemum design in openwork to the cover excavated in 1991 at Xingdian, Jiangpu district, Nanjing city, Nanjing City Museum is illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, ed. Zhang Min, Huo Hua and Song Jian, He Jiying, Beijing, 2008, No. 111.
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