Lot 234. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed tripod censer, Southrn Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 6 1/8  in., 15.6 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2018.

the compressed globular body supported on three slightly splayed legs, the shoulder with a horizontal rib, intersected by vertical flanges extending to each leg, rising to a waisted neck and a widely everted rim, applied throughout with a smooth sage-green glaze thinning at the ridges, the bottom of each leg left unglazed revealing the gray stoneware body burnt russet-orange in the firing, Japanese gilt-lacquer restoration.

Provenance: Warren E. Cox & Associates, New York, 6th January 1959.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 sept. 2018, 10:30 AM