A LONGQUAN TRIPOD CENSER, YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY

A LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD CENSER, YUAN TO EARLY MING DYNASTY
China, 13th-14th century. Thickly potted with a flat incurved rim and raised on three ruyi-head feet. The bamboo-sectioned exterior walls taper slightly toward the base. Covered in a thick glaze of greenish-brown olive color, save for the projecting circular base and areas of the interior, the unglazed sections partly burnt orange in the firing.

Provenance: From the collection of Emmanuel Gran, thence by descent within the same family. Bonhams San Francisco, 22 March 2016, lot 9369 (part lot). A private collector in the United Kingdom, acquired from the above. The base with a two-character inscription in ink. Emmanuel Moiseevich Gran (1894-1969) was a Russian architect, who in 1917 fled the Russian revolution to Shanghai, where he first began to collect Chinese art and antiques, gradually building a collection of over 15,000 pieces. In 1941, he once again fled, this time from the looming Japanese army in Shanghai, to San Francisco's Bay Area, bringing his notable collection with him. Eventually he moved to New York and worked as an architect and director of interiors for Hilton Hotels, a position he remained in until his death in 1969.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, including kiln grit and glaze recesses. Very minor chipping.

Weight: 259.9 g
Dimensions: Diameter 9.3 cm

With a finely carved hardwood base, repeating the three ruyi feet on the censer and carved in openwork, dating to the Qing dynasty. (2)

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related Longquan celadon tripod censer, also dated Yuan to Ming dynasty and of near-identical form, but of a more sea-green glaze color, at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 28 November 2019, lot 383, sold for HKD 43,750.

元至明初龍泉青釉弦紋三足爐
中國，十三至十四世紀。三足爐厚胎，爐口沿較寬，直壁，圈足，足下承三個雲頭形如意足。器身凸起四道弦紋，上下各一道，中間兩道。通體施青褐色釉。露胎處呈橘色。

來源：Emmanuel Gran收藏, 保存在同一家族至今；舊金山邦翰思2016年3月22日 lot 9369 (拍品中的一件)；英國私人收藏，購於上述拍賣。底座有墨筆書寫的兩個字。Emmanuel Moiseevich Gran (1894-1969) 是一位俄羅斯建築師，1917 年因俄國革命而逃到上海，在那裡他開始收藏中國藝術品和古董，藏品多達 15,000 多件。1941年，他再次逃離上海，這次是因爲占領上海的日軍，他帶著他的藏品逃到了舊金山海灣。最后，他移居紐約，擔任希爾頓酒店的建築師和室內設計總監，直到 1969 年去世。
品相：狀況極好，有輕微磨損和燒製缺陷，包括窯砂和釉料凹坑。 極其微小的缺損。

重量：259.9克
尺寸：直徑9.3 厘米

硬木雕底座，三如意足，鏤空雕刻，可追溯至清代。 (2)

拍賣結果比較：一件元至明代龍泉青釉三足爐，外形幾乎一模一樣，梅子青色釉，見香港蘇富比Chinese Art 2019年11月28日 lot 383, 售價HKD 43,750。