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A LARGE AND RARE JUNYAO PURPLE- 金至元 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑沖天耳三足爐
SPLASHED TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
JIN – YUAN DYNASTY 來源：
安思遠，紐約，1990年以前入藏
well potted with a compressed globular body rising to a
constricted neck and wide everted mouth, the bulbous body 展覽：
applied with a pair of mythical beast masks, alternating with 《博古存珍：敏求精舍金禧紀念展》，香港藝術館，香
a pair of high rectangular arch-handles modelled as human 港，2010-11年，編號110
figures with rudimentary outlines, the neck decorated with
two anthropoid motifs echoing the handles and interrupted
by small florets, all supported on three cabriole legs, applied
with an unctuous opaque milky-blue glaze liberally decorated
with splashes of variegated purple, the glaze draining to a pale
mushroom tone at the edges and extremities and stopping
short of the tips of the legs showcasing the pink-tinged grey
body
20.3 cm, 8 in.

PROVENANCE
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, New York, acquired before 1990.

EXHIBITED

The Grandeur of Chinese Art Treasures: Min Chiu Society
Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong
Kong, 2010-11, cat. no. 110.

HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 129,000-194,000

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