Chinese large celadon glazed tripod incense burner, Yuan-early Ming dynasty, 14th century, Longquan kilns, Zhejiang Province, 30.5 cm diameter, 23.2 cm high. £16,500 © Marchant 

Chinese large celadon glazed tripod incense burner modelled in high-relief with a wide central register containing the ‘Eight Trigrams’ between carved leaves and flowers and within relief ribs, all on three cabriole feet and beneath the flat rim, covered overall in a rich and even unctuous celadon glaze extending onto the interior and base, the unglazed centre of the base and interior revealing the burnt-red biscuit body.

From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Sullivan, New Jersey.

Sold by Sotheby’s New York in their sale of Important Chinese Art, 11th September 2019.

A similar example is illustrated by the Southeast Asian Ceramics Society of Singapore in their exhibition of Chinese Celadons and other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, jointly organised by the National Museum Singapore, 1979, no. 209, pp. 230/1, pl. 171; another bequeathed by Harry Oppenheim, collection no. OA 1947.7-12.123 is illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, nos. 16-89, p. 496, where she also mentions the high quality of the glaze; another was sold by Christie’s London in their auction of Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Art, 3rd December 1973, lot 160, pl. 49 and is illustrated by Anthony Du Boulay in Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, no. 10, p. 96.