A SMALL JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER
A SMALL JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER

JIN/YUAN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

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A SMALL JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER
Jin/Yuan dynasty, 12th-13th century
The compressed body raised on three small curved feet below a slightly tapering neck and everted rim, covered inside and out with a soft turquoise blue glaze thinning to mushroom on the edges of the rim
4in. (10.2cm.) across, stand and box

Lot Essay

Compare a smaller Junyao blue-glazed censer of similar form illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. I, Geneva, 1968, A 38. Other Junyao blue-glazed censers of similar form are illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1994, p. 222, no. 391; and J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 53, no. 30.

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