A Small Longquan Celadon Censer. Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012

Covered in an attractive greyish-green glaze, the censer has a bellied lower body and a pair of stylized dragon-form handles below a slightly flared mouth rim. It is supported on a small straight foot. 2¾ in. (6.9 cm.) high, stand. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000

南宋 龍泉窰青釉雙耳小爐 

Notes: Compare the two similar Longquan celadon censers, dated 12th-13th century, illustrated inChinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1979, p. 144, pl. 55. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part II, 13 September 2012. New York, Rockefeller Plaza