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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN                             PROVENANCE
                                                    Sotheby’s London, 3rd December 1974, lot 186.
A PURPLE-SPLASHED ‘JUN’
TRIPOD CENSER                                       $ 8,000-12,000
YUAN DYNASTY
                                                    1974 12 3  186
the compressed globular body raised on three
short tapering legs, the waisted neck applied with
six large ower-shaped studs set below the wide
everted rim, the shoulder with a pair of sh-form
handles enclosed by upright frames, covered
overall save for the feet with a sky-blue glaze
accentuated with irregular purple splashes
Height 7¼ in., 18.4 cm

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