A PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN TRIPOD CENSER
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A PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN TRIPOD CENSER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

Details
A PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN TRIPOD CENSER
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
2 3⁄4 in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Christie’s London, 8 June 1987, lot 188
Muwen Tang Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 November 2003, lot 49
Exhibited
Min Chiu Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990, no. 100
Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, p.120, no. 42

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Lot Essay

During the Song dynasty, the practice of incense burning transformed from a functional level to a spiritual quest for scholars, this spurred further development and refinement in the production of censers.

Compare with similar examples: a smaller one covered with moon-white glaze in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Jun Ware, Beijing, 2016, pp.74, pl.29; another is in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, included in Chugoku toji zenshu, vol.12, Kyoto, 1983, pl.18; and another illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, Geneva, 1968, vol. 1, pl. A 37.

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