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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD CENSER
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
The censer is raised on three lion-mask feet and the sides are incised with forets within a geometric
design below applied forets evenly spaced around the shoulder and two rope-twist handles at the rim.
The censer is covered with a thick glaze of sea-green color but reveals the burnt orange body on the
underside and in the interior.
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) wide across handles., openwork mix-metal cover and Japanese wood box
$15,000-18,000
元/明 龍泉青釉刻花三足爐
(another view)
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