A Longquan celadon tripod incense burner, Southern Song dynasty | 南宋　龍泉青釉鬲式爐

A Longquan celadon tripod incense burner,

Southern Song dynasty

南宋　龍泉青釉鬲式爐

with a compressed globular body rising to a constricted cylindrical neck and flat everted rim, all supported on three slightly splayed tapering legs, the rounded exterior with three evenly spaced ridges extending from the shoulder to the centre of each leg, superbly covered with soft bluish-green glaze stopping short of the tips of the legs and exposing the pale grey body, silver cover and Japanese double wood box

14 cm