Lot 39. A white glazed censer, Yuan dynasty (1279-1366); 10.5cm., 4 1/8 in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 6,875 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2013

the deep rounded sides rising from three cabriole legs to a lipped rim, flanked by a pair of upright handles, the body moulded with a raised fillet below the rim, covered in a crackled white glaze.

Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London (according to label).
Collection of Carl Kempe.
Sotheby’s Paris, 18th December 2008, lot 154 (part lot).

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 713.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 15 may 2013