A RARE AND LARGE YAOZHOU CELADON TRIPOD CENSER NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY

A RARE AND LARGE YAOZHOU CELADON TRIPOD CENSER
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY
The compressed censer is raised on three paw-form feet surmounted by animal masks, and is decorated with a continuous band of six molded archaistic dragon motifs separated by plain flanges, all below a short waisted neck interrupted by a pair of angular bail handles that rise from the wide everted rim. The censer is covered on the exterior and the interior of the rim with a pale green glaze continuing over the rounded base.
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high, cloth box

Provenance
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 1774.