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PROPERTY FROM THE XINYANGTANG COLLECTION 北宋至金 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑三足爐
A JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED TRIPOD 來源：
INCENSE BURNER
NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY 香港大成古玩有限公司，1990年代
Wares from the typesite Juntai in Yu county, Henan province,
the globular body rising from three cabriole legs to a an area formerly known as Junzhou, are remarkable for their
constricted neck and everted mouth, applied overall save for luscious thick glaze of intense colouration which can vary from
the base and feet with a milky-blue glaze and splashed with light blue to deep turquoise blue. It was in the early twelfth
purple on the interior, the glaze thinning to a mushroom tone century that potters started applying splashes of copper to
along the rim the glaze before firing, resulting in patches of purple, lavender
13.5 cm, 5¼ in.
and tones of deep blue on the milky-blue primary glaze. The
form of this incense burner derives from the archaic bronze
PROVENANCE
liding, a ritual vessel from the Shang to Han dynasties (16th
Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong, 1990s. century BC-220 AD) and reflects the interest in antiquity
amongst members of the educated elite. The literati of the day
HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,300 formed collections of ancient bronzes which were used only
on special occasions to prevent them from wear and damage;
thus contemporary vessels of bronze and ceramics based on
antique models were commissioned. See a related example
formerly in the collection of Aizaburo Iinuma, illustrated in
Mayuyama: Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 407, and sold in
these rooms, 2nd December 2016, lot 527.
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