A Longquan celadon tripod censer – Southern Song/Yuan Dynasty - SOLD
With a compressed globular body raised on three short feet, with a high canted shoulder below an upright neck and wide everted rim. It is decorated with three narrow flanges beginning at a slight ridge on the shoulder and trailing down each leg. Totally covered in an olive-green celadon glaze. The inner bottom with three vent holes.
Period: Southern Song - Yuan dynasty, 13th century
Size: Height 7.5 cm, diameter of outer rim 8.4 cm
Condition: Good condition, wear and firing flaws, nibble to the rim
Provenance: Swedish private collection
SKU: 193
References: There are a number of these tripod censers in the Palace Museum illustrated in Longquan of the world – Longquan Celadon and Globalization, Vol II – State Vessels, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2019, Plates 45, 46, 47, 61.
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