Page 160 - March 17 2017 Chinese Art NYC, Christies

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION

~1144
A RARE MINIATURE GREEN JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER

SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-13TH CENTURY
The censer has a compressed, bulbous body raised on three low cabriole legs and a waisted neck that rises
to the everted rim, and is covered overall with a soft greyish-green glaze that thins to mushroom on the
edge of the rim.
2æ in. (7 cm.) diam., hongmu stand, box
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE

Ruth Dreyfus Collection, no. 194.
John Sparks, Ltd., London.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent from within the family.

EXHIBITED

Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections,
1987.
宋/金 鈞窯綠釉小爐

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