YUAN - MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

Details

A SMALL JUN TRIPOD CENSER
YUAN - MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
The vessel is supported on three feet, the rounded body rising to a waisted neck and everted rim. It is covered all over in a glaze of lavender-blue tones that thins at the rim to reveal the mushroom body. It has a later Japanese reticulated white metal cover.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high, with Japanese reticulated white metal cover, Japanese wood box

Provenance

Private European Collection, acquired prior to 2000.

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Lot Essay

This lot can be compared to the slightly smaller Jun tripod censer (5 cm. high), also with a Japanese reticulated metal cover, sold at Christie's New York, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: The Linyushanren Collection PII, 15 September 2016, lot 721 and the Jun tripod censer of the same size and form sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 2 October 2017, lot 100.

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