A RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD `HILL` CENSER
19.09.2025 09:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
6000USD $ 6 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1466603
Lot 1001 | A RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD 'HILL' CENSER
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The base of the censer is incised with a large illegible inscription.
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Priestley & Ferraro Fine Chinese Art, London, 1996, and thence by descent within the family.
| Historical era: | Han dynasty |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Historical era: | Han dynasty |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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