Lot 721. A miniature Jun tripod censer, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 2 in. (5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 37,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

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, 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..