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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 510

A LARGE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON- GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER, MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

A LARGE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
明十六世紀 龍泉窰青釉刻錦紋索耳三足大爐

the globular body divided into three broad lobes all supported on three sturdy legs and surmounted by an upright neck, an everted
rim set with two rope-twist handles, the lobed sides carved with a diaper pattern bordered by an incised rope-twist at the shoulder
and keyfret around the neck, covered overall in an olive-green glaze, the black-lacquered wood cover carved in openwork with
fruiting and flowering branches (2)

Width 11½ in., 29.2 cm

Provenance
Collection of Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918).
American Art Association, New York, 30th January 1919, lot 833.
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) 收藏
美國藝術聯盟，紐約，1919年1月30日，編號833
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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