A sancai-glazed pottery tripod censer, Tang dynasty. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

the compressed globular body rising from three short lion paw legs to a short waisted neck with rolled rim, brightly glazed on a straw-coloured ground with splashes of green, blue and ochre around the shoulder with the rim and top of the legs in ochre, the lower body unglazed revealing the pinkish-white body - 18cm., 7 1/8 in.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 5th December 1995, lot 210.

Note: The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of Oxford Authentication Ltd., Thermoluminescence Test no.666r8.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 11 nov. 2015, 11:00 AM