A celadon-glazed tripod censer

with slightly flared sides rising from three short cabriole legs to the flat incurved rim, moulded on the exterior with a continuous floral scroll, between a series of concentric rings encircling the base and the mouth, covered with a sea-green glaze falling short of the unglazed footrim and centre of the base burnt orange in the firing
22.5 cm diameter

• Lot Sold $5,000 (Hammer Price)
• $6,100 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Condition Report

A glaze crack from the outer mouth rim to the footrim and another from the mouth rim to the floral scroll. Two fine lines inside the curves of the floral stem where the glaze has not adhered and a thin greyish vertical line approx 1 cm long in the glaze over the lower rib below the mouth rim. Some surface wear and scratches around the mouth. The glaze pooling unevenly around the underside.

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