Lot 2091. A Ge-type tripod censer, Kangxi-Yongzheng period (1662-1723); 5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realized USD 10,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014. 

The censer is made in the shape of a Ming dynasty bronze censer and covered allover with a glaze suffused with black crackle shading from 'bronze' color on the exterior and upper area of the interior to a paler color in the base of the interior, and ending in a line around the unglazed and brown-dressed center of the underside.

Provenance: Professor Jan Hellner (1917-2002) Collection, Stockholm, Sweden, no. G 21.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 20 - 21 March 2014