Marrow Shaped Shonzui-Type Incense Container for Tea Ceremony

Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen Period (1628-1644)

Porcelain, Underglaze Cobalt Blue

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China

Signed ‘Go Shonzui’

Box Signed Shonzui Marrow

H:5cm

Poem Reads: 

The Prince departs to obtain the elixir. 

The elixir is completed and ascends to the nine heavens.

Only Seven days have passed in the mountains. 

Ten years have already passed in the world.

By Go Shonzui

Provenance: Kunryudo, Tokyo. Featured in Kunryudo ‘Shonzui’ Catalogue No.17,  Tokyo Bijyutsu Club, October 2024. 

Similar Examples of Intricate Shonzui Incense Containers featured in Shades of Blue; Masterworks of Ming Porcelain ordered from Japan, Catalogue no78-no.80.