Lot 90. A 'Longquan' celadon tripod censer, Song dynasty (960-1279); 12.9 cm, 5 1/8  in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the compressed globular body rising from three tall conical feet to a waisted short neck with everted rim, each leg with a low relief vertical flange joining a bowstring at the shoulder, covered overall in a crackled celadon glaze.