16.8 cm. （6 5/8 in.） wide

Provenance：
Yang Bingzhen Collection， Taiwan

Exhibited：
Jin Yu Qing Yan： Yang Bingzhen Xian Sheng Zhen Cang Ming Qing Tong Lu， National Museum of History， Taipei， 1996
Guan Cang Ya Diao Ji Ming Qing Tong Lu Te Zhan， Kumamoto City Museum. Japan， 1997

Literature：
Jin Yu Qing Yan， National Museum of History， Taipei， 1996， p.280， no. 238
Guan Cang Ya Diao Ji Ming Qing Tong Lu Te Zhan Tu Lu， National Museum of History， Taipei， 1997，p.85， no.276

The form of this rectangular censer is likely to have originated in the concept of tian yuan， di fang， ‘round sky and square earth’ which was prevalent throughout Chinese art and architecture but would have found particular resonance in the ritual and scholarly use associated with incense burning. The shape is known in Chinese as a macaolu or a ‘trough’-form censer referring to the similarity in form to the troughs used to feed horses.

Price estimate:
HKD： 600,000-900,000
USD： 77,400-116,100

Auction Result:
HKD: 708,000