Lot 2077
2077
A RARE BLUE, AMBER AND CREAM-GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER
A SELECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE III (LOTS 2077-2095)
A RARE BLUE, AMBER AND CREAM-GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Details
A RARE BLUE, AMBER AND CREAM-GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The compressed globular body is raised on three lion paw supports and is covered with a cream glaze streaked in blue and amber that falls from between the four blue-glazed, molded appliques on the shoulder to also cover the four leaping mythical beasts applied to the sides. The short neck is glazed amber and the outward-turned rim is striped in blue and amber. There is a thin ochre wash on the interior.
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong in 1998.

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Lot Essay

Tripod jars of this type, decorated with sancai glazes and applied decoration, were made during the 8th century. A related tripod jar with applied decoration of medallions on the shoulder and leaping mythical beasts on the sides, dated to the Tang dynasty, 8th century, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 11, Sui and T'ang Dynasties, Tokyo, 1976, p. 60, no. 44. The principal glaze colors on this jar are green and amber, with some small areas of blue, unlike the more liberal use of blue glaze on the present jar.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C113m8 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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