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A LONGQUAN TOBI SEIJI TRIPOD CENSER ԭ 㹪ᦿ⒌Ǘ㨒㤎⁆ǘ⽥ᐾո⡪˖㉛ᷴ
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
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The censer is potted with a compressed globular body supported
㱐ᇪల⯠⻦
on three curved legs, rising to a gently flared neck below a slightly
everted rim. The shoulders are flanked by a pair of upright loop Ǹ㰮㬪≢ǹἃ䂆ᯛ⚨ㆁᙚ㿽ᆭ⁒ஙᚚទ⎏ཇलǯӬൈǸⓆ
handles. It is covered with a fine lustrous glaze of sea-green tone ᏛǹǮǸ䂆ཀᏛǹ✙ल♑卿Ǹ㰮㬪≢ǹᛓ㝌ዴ䂆ᯛ⚨⎏ᚚទ
with the exception of a part of the interior and the protruding ⳍ㙣།ވս⎏㪿⽚卿इㆁᙚங㬪≢ӳǸᘞ㰮ǹԠዪǯǸ㰮㬪≢ǹ
disc-shaped base. The exterior is decorated with dark iron-brown
ᙇ㞔☮ཐ卿ἃ㦷⻦།ᏒⅧ卿Ꮀཌظໄᝤᛓ⢞ὍۣᝳǯǸ㰮
splashes.
㬪≢ǹԠ⧻ஙᙻㆁᙚ⯝㬪㞏ཌᬘԠӴ⊄⊂⎏ᆎἍ㈅ዷईǯ㘺
5 ¿ in. (13.1 cm.) high, box
Ջㆁᙚᛓ⊇✖ս᭘ࢇ㦜ἃⶬⰰ࠲ங῟ㅳԠ߿⥾ᙻ㞏ӳ⎏ǯㆁᙚ
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000 ⎏⥾ㅳ⏭ַᶼӶ⣌ᇵ卿༰ߺᝳⶬ⠢൘⎏ᓎׁǯ
PROVENANCE ⇧㷿᭄ែᙹ⻱ワ㱦⻦Ӭ։ᆨ⏟ऱ⎏䂆ᯛǸ㰮㬪≢ǹӲ㑷‐卿
The Yangdetang Collection
+PIO "ZFST ⶬ卿Ƕ5IF #BVS $PMMFDUJPO $IJOFTF $FSBNJDTǷ卿
A very similar Longquan tobi seiji censer is in the Baur ✄Ӭݺ卿ᚚݤ≖卿 ჺ卿எ‸ " ⽚ǯऔजᬘ㖅Ӭཌ䂆ᯛǸ㰮
Collection, illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection: 㬪≢ǹⷤ㯔≡卿ऱἃ㱐ᇪలⅧ⻦卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ
Chinese Ceramics Volume One, Geneva, 1968, pl. A107. ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ ⽚ǯ
Compare also to a pair of Longquan tobi seiji garlic-mouth
vases, also from the Yangdetang Collection, sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3133.
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