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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON TRIPOD ׼ Ꮂݰ㜺ڡཊᎀ७॰Ѐɧԑᘟ
CENSER
MING DYNASTY
the compressed globular body supported on
three mask-and-paw feet and rising to a waisted
shoulder and galleried rim set with two rope-
twist handles, the exterior carved with a trellis
band around the body between applied rosettes
above and below, the interior centered with a
stamped # oral spray medallion, covered overall
in a brilliant seafoam-green glaze save for the
central medallion and the raised disc on the
base, Japanese openwork silver cover and two
Japanese wood boxes (7)
Diameter 9½ in., 24.1 cm
$ 20,000-30,000

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