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Lot 220
A SMALL AND FINE PURPLE-SPLASHED JUNYAO TRIPOD CENSER
Estimated Value:
2.400 € - 3.200 €
Result:
1.424 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, probably Jin to Yuan dynasty, 12th - 14th c.H. 6/ D. 6,6 cm
The pressed bulbous body rests on three curved feet and is covered with a bright lavender glaze interrupted by a large purple splash. The base is largely unglazed.
Old southern German private collection, collected since 1990s
A similar Junyao incense burner of comparable size is illustrated in J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. I, Geneva, 1968, A 38. Another three-legged Junyao vessel of similar size, but without the purple splashes, was sold at Christie's New York, lot 1468, on 15.9. 2011 - Very minor traces of age
