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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A MINIATURE JUN PURPLE-SPLASHED TRIPOD CENSER
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The censer has a globular body raised on three cabriole feet, and a cylindrical neck rising to an everted rim,
and is covered in a thick moon-white glaze with a purple splash that thins to mushroom on the rim, and
ends in an irregular line on the interior of the neck and on the exterior above the feet, exposing the purplish-
brown body on the interior and the base.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) diam., cloth box

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Japan.
This censer is notable for its small size and thick glaze. Compare the Jun tripod censer of similar form,
but of slightly smaller size (5 cm. high) and covered with a sky-blue glaze with lavender mottling, from
the Linyushanren Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 721.
金 鈞窯月白釉紫斑三足爐

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