Lot 711. A large 'Juluxian' cream-glazed censer, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot Sold 16,250 USD. © Sotheby's.

the cylindrical receptacle raised on a tall spreading foot below a stepped and recessed waist and a wide, gently sloping rim, all covered with a glossy milky-white glaze suffused with a fine matrix of golden-beige crackles.

Provenance: Collection of Russell M. Tyson (1867-1963).
Bequest to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in 1964 (acc. no. 1964.872).