157 - A Yaozhou celadon censer, ding-shaped, carved with a scrolling foliage design A Yaozhou celadon "ding"-form censer with a flat everted rim and two loop handles, the neck encircled by a band of leiwen (key-fret pattern) and the body by a scrolling foliate scroll, the tripod legs modelled as animal feet in a form fundamentally derived from the ancient bronze ding. From the Northern Song through the Southern Song and Jin dynasties, kilns throughout China produced vessels emulating ancient bronzes, among which ding-form censers such as the present example are considered one of the representative types, with numerous surviving examples known particularly from the Yaozhou kilns of the Jin dynasty.

A Yaozhou celadon censer, ding-shaped, carved with a scrolling foliage design A Yaozhou celadon "ding"-form censer with a flat everted rim and two loop handles, the neck encircled by a band of leiwen (key-fret pattern) and the body by a scrolling foliate scroll, the tripod legs modelled as animal feet in a form fundamentally derived from the ancient bronze ding. From the Northern Song through the Southern Song and Jin dynasties, kilns throughout China produced vessels emulating ancient bronzes, among which ding-form censers such as the present example are considered one of the representative types, with numerous surviving examples known particularly from the Yaozhou kilns of the Jin dynasty. The wood box inscribed by Koyama Fujio (1900–1975), a researcher and potter who established the foundations of scientific, empirical research into early ceramics in Japan. H: 13.4cm D: 14.1cm Shows signs of repair. Wooden box 1964 "Exhibition of Celebrated Tang and Song Ceramics," Japan Ceramic Society, Nihombashi Shirokiya, catalogue no. 100 2017 Ise Collection, "Chinese Ceramics that Captivated the World," Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, catalogue no. 29 1964 Exhibition catalogue, p. 103 2017 Exhibition catalogue, pp. 92–93 China Northern Song Dynasty