BLUE AND WHITE TRIPOD 'DRUNKEN SCHOLAR' INCENSE BURNER, TONGLU MING DYNASTY, CHONGZHEN PERIOD ??? ?????????? the straight sides finely painted with a drunken scholar reclining and napping on a cloth mat with an overthrown cup aside, together with an attendant fanning a wine ewer on the stove, all within a bamboo grove amidst the clouds, with a fitted wooden stand and bespoke cover (10.1cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired by Lawrence Edward Coleman O.B.E., thence by descent. Lawrence Edward Coleman, awarded O.B.E on 1st January 1943 for his service to the Fire Brigade, was the Great Uncle of the current owner. He was a senior fire officer stationed in Penang, Malaysia during the 1920s/30s, returned to Britain pre-1939 and brought the collection back then. The vendor of this collection has provided a document issued by Penang Municipal Fire Brigade, George Town, Penang, to Lawrence Edward Coleman Esqr. for his “departure on retirement after 11 years of meritorious service with the Brigade”, illustrated below. Note: both the wooden cover and the base have an old paper sticker reading '155/ ?? (Yi Zi)'