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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED TRIPOD Celadon censers of this form are preserved in several
CENSER major collections: for example, a censer in the enkakuji, a
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY temple near Kamakura, Japan, which has been designated
an ‘Important Cultural property’, is illustrated in Chûgoku
finely potted, of compressed globular form rising to a short no tôji / Chinese Ceramics, vol. 4, tokyo, 1997, col. pl. 67.
straight neck and a broad everted rim, supported on three other examples from Japanese collections are illustrated in
splayed legs each molded with a slender vertical flange, Longquan Ware: Chinese Celadon Beloved of the Japanese,
covered overall in a rich, lustrous pale bluish-green glaze aichi prefectural Ceramic museum, seto, 2012, cat. nos
thinning to a whitish-green at the rim and flanges, with 37-41. Compare also a censer in the national palace
a Japanese silver domed cover, pierced with a design of museum,taipei, illustrated in Porcelain of the National
phoenix amidst foliage, Japanese wood box and cover (4) Palace Museum: Lung-ch’üan Ware of the Sung Dynasty,
Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm hong Kong, 1962, pl.15; another formerly in the collection of
edward t. Chow, included in regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics
Longquan celadon incense burners of this classic elegant from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, London, 1994, pl. 565;
form, based on archaic bronze tripods (li), are characteristic and two examples from the Qing Court Collection and now
of the southern song period and were particularly in the palace museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete
appreciated in Japan. the present censer is notable for the Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of
rich sea-green color of its glaze which is applied evenly with a the Song Dynasty, vol.II, hong Kong, 1996, pls 125-126.
thin coating over the body. a Longquan censer of somewhat
larger proportions in the Idemitsu museum of arts, tokyo, $ 150,000-200,000
was included in the exhibition Song Ceramics, tobu museum
of art, tokyo, 1999, cat. no. 73; and another similar example
was sold in our new York rooms, 19th september 2001, lot 南宋 龍泉窰青釉鬲式爐
132. see also a censer of this type sold in our London rooms,
6th november 2013, lot 231; and a censer sold at Christie’s
new York, 22nd-23rd march 2018, lot 709.

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