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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.
6¡ in. (16.2 cm.) diam., openwork metal cover and Japanese wood box

$25,000-35,000

元/明初 龍泉青釉刻花三足爐

(another view)

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