ID 905546
Lot 860 | A RARE AND LARGE YAOZHOU CELADON TRIPOD CENSER
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY
The compressed censer is raised on three paw-form feet surmounted by animal masks, and is decorated with a continuous band of six molded archaistic dragon motifs separated by plain flanges, all below a short waisted neck interrupted by a pair of angular bail handles that rise from the wide everted rim. The censer is covered on the exterior and the interior of the rim with a pale green glaze continuing over the rounded base.
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 1774.
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Icons, Religious items |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Icons, Religious items |
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