Large celadon porcelain incense burner, China, Longquan kilns, Ming period, 15th-16th centuryThe globular body, decorated with stylized floral motifs engraved in the paste, supported by three short splayed feet, each carved with an animal mask and surrounding an unglazed biscuit ring projecting from the center of the base. Diameter: 31 cm; height: 15 cmCracks . Longquan porcelains of this type were first made in the Longquan kilns in southern Zhejiang province, a region prized for its ceramics since the Song dynasty.