A VERY RARE GREEN-GLAZED RIBBED TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER

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A VERY RARE GREEN-GLAZED RIBBED TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY

Of cylindrical form, the body with ribbed horizontal bands supported on three cabriole legs, the exterior covered in a brilliant green glaze pooling in the recesses, the interior with an amber glaze, surmounted by a cover, the base and interior of cover unglazed (glaze flakes retouched)
6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Other examples but lacking their covers are illustrated by Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva, Chinese Ceramics, vol. I, 1968, no. A3; in the Meiyintang Collection, Catalogue, vol. 1, p. 141, col. pl. 236; in Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, fig. 51; and The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art, 1973, pl. 57.

(US$26,000-32,000)

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