Lot 3180. A Guan-type tripod censer, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 180,000 (USD 15,475 - USD 23,212). Price realised HKD 750,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The vessel is heavily potted with a compressed body, upright neck and everted rim, with three narrow ribs beginning at the edge of the shoulder and trailing down to each leg. The vessel is covered overall with the exception of the bottom of the feet in a crackle-suffused glaze of greyish-green tone that things on the ribs and rim. 

Note: Compare to an example of similar form, glaze colour and size (21 cm. wide), sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3310.

A Guan-type tripod censer, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) wide, box. Price realised HKD 375,000 (USD 48,486) at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3310. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016

Christie's. The Imperial Sale / Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 31 May 2017, Convention Hall