A Chinese Cizhou white tripod incense burner, Yuan-Ming dynasty. Photo Uppsala Auktionskammare

Based on a bronze ding form, in the shape of a tripod, with a depressed globular body, cylindrical neck and horizontal lip, supported on three cabriole legs issuing from animal masks and applied around the exterior with a pair of freely modelled sinuous dragons in mutual pursuit of a flaming pearl, covered overall with a creamy-white slip and opaque glaze. Diameter: 16 cm, height 14 cm. Estimate: SEK 10.000 - 12.000. Hammer price: SEK 10.000

Provenance: Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection.

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm 1964, page 159, ill. 513. Label: CK 513.

Uppsala Auktionskammare. Asian applied arts. Important sale 4 - 7 December 2012 www.uppsalaauktion.se