Lot 802. A small purple-splashed Junyao tripod censer, Jin-Yuan Dynasty, 12th-14th century. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The compressed body is raised on three cabriole legs, and is covered with an opaque glaze of pale milky blue color that thins to mushroom on the edges of the mouth rim, and is splashed on two sides with areas of pale purple color. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) diam.

Provenance: Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1926.

Note: A similar Junyao tripod censer of comparable size is illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. I, Geneva, 1968, A 38. Another Junyao tripod censer of similar size, but without the purple splashes, was sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1468.

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza