A Chinese blanc de Chine 'Marco Polo' censer and cover c.1700
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A Chinese blanc de Chine 'Marco Polo' censer and cover c.1700, with a reticulated lid moulded with prunus, the octagonal body with four ring side handles, raised on eight high feet, cracks and chips, 15cm. (2)
Cf. P J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.16 for a similar example, where the author notes that the connection to Marco Polo is apocryphal.
