Lot 3266. A Longquan celadon relief-decorated tripod censer, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368); 5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm.) diam. Estimate $6,000 – $8,000. Price Realized $6,875. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The censer is raised on three cabriole legs and is relief-decorated around the deep sides with an undulating, leafy scroll bearing four peony blossoms. The exterior is covered with a glaze of sea-green color that continues over the channeled mouth rim to partially cover the otherwise unglazed interior that has fired to a brick-red color, and also continues onto the underside to surround the central foot ring, gilt-metal openwork cover. 

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15 - 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza