A MINIATURE JUN TRIPOD CENSER

NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)

Details

A MINIATURE JUN TRIPOD CENSER
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The globular body of the censer stands on three cabriole feet, and rises to a cylindrical neck with everted rim. The censer is covered in a thick glaze of sky-blue tone, with the lavender mottling, that thins to mushroom on the rim, ending 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. (5 cm.) high, Japanese metal cover, Japanese wood box

Literature

Christie’s, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 66, no. 17.

Exhibited

Christie’s, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.

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Lot Essay

This censer is notable for its small size and thick glaze. A similar Jun tripod censer of comparable size was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 18 March 2014, lot 223. A slightly larger example was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1468. Compare also, two small Jun tripod censers with more articulated, everted rims, illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva, 1968, vol. I, A 38 and A 39.

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