Lot Essay
Compare the junyao tripod censer of similar shape and slightly larger size (12 cm. high) illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. I, Geneva, 1968, No. A 35.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION
A JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
Details
A JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
The censer has a compressed globular body raised on three cabriole legs, and a tall cylindrical neck that rises to the everted, dished rim, and is covered overall with a glaze of milky blue color that thins on the edges of the rim and tops of the legs.
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high, box
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
The censer has a compressed globular body raised on three cabriole legs, and a tall cylindrical neck that rises to the everted, dished rim, and is covered overall with a glaze of milky blue color that thins on the edges of the rim and tops of the legs.
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) Collection (according to label).
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent from within the family.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent from within the family.
Exhibited
New York, Columbia University, Columbia University Exhibition, February 1965.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.