Lot Essay
Compare a similar censer with scrolling peony decoration in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, A New Comprehensive Survey, New York, 1996, pl. 271.
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SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY
Details
A Longquan Celadon Molded Tripod Censer
Southern Song dynasty, 13th century
The sides relief-molded with three peony sprays positioned between the cabriole legs which are joined by a narrow groove, and with a double-grooved band below the inwardly canted rim, covered with a glaze of sea-green tone, an unglazed area in the interior fired to an orangy-brown color
6 3/16in. (15.7cm.) diam., box
Falk Collection no. 204.
Southern Song dynasty, 13th century
The sides relief-molded with three peony sprays positioned between the cabriole legs which are joined by a narrow groove, and with a double-grooved band below the inwardly canted rim, covered with a glaze of sea-green tone, an unglazed area in the interior fired to an orangy-brown color
6 3/16in. (15.7cm.) diam., box
Falk Collection no. 204.
Provenance
Mathias Komor, New York, April 1964.