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A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER SOUTHERN SONG – YUAN DYNASTY
Description
- ceramics
Provenance
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Catalogue Note
Another similar incense burner, in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum Collection, is published in Longquan Celadon of China, Hangzhou, 1998, pl. 73; and another is included in Celadons from the Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 120. Compare also a vessel excavated at Lijiashan, Longquan county, published in line drawing in Jan Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, Stockholm, 1970, fig. 30 (17); and a Southern Song shard from an incense burner of this type collected at Longquan in 1960, included in the exhibition Kiln Sites of Ancient China, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1980, cat. no. 97.
A 'Longquan' incense burner of the same size and form, from the Cunliffe Collection, was sold in our London rooms, 29th October 1957, lot 89; another from the Muwen Tang Collection, was also sold in our London rooms, 12th November 2003, lot 90; and a third slightly smaller censer with a later Japanese pierced metal cover by Joueki Nakagawa, was sold in these rooms, 30th March 2006, lot 28.