Important Chinese Art

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Property from the Collection of Dr. Maurice Berger

A 'Jun' green-glazed tripod censer, Yuan dynasty | 元 鈞窰青釉三足爐

Auction Closed

September 20, 05:51 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A 'Jun' green-glazed tripod censer

Yuan dynasty

元 鈞窰青釉三足爐


Diameter 4¾ in., 12.1 cm

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jones.

R&G McPherson Antiques, London.


Guy Jones 伉儷收藏

R&G McPherson Antiques,倫敦

A  green Jun incense burner described as Jin or Yuan, 13th or 14th century is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, pl. 389.  Another green Jun censer of the same form and size, discovered in 1990 in a Song dynasty tomb at Sanmenxia city, Henan province, now in the collection of Sanmenxia Museum, is illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji: Henan / Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China: Henan, vol. 12, Beijing, 2008, pl. 156, and described as originating from the Shenhou kiln in Yuzhou, Henan province.