Lot 1408. A 'Cizhou' painted tripod censer, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Height 6 1/4 in., 16 cm. Estimate: 3,000-5,000 USD. Sold Price: 3,750 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
the globular cream-glazed body painted in dark brown with abstract birds and flowers, the lower section covered with a metallic russet glaze, all below a freely painted pale russet band at the waisted neck, all raised on three mask-form splayed feet.
Provenance: Warren E. Cox, New York.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, 21st May 1971, lot 233.
Literature: Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, New York, 1944, rpt. 1945, vol. 1, pl. 132
Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 15 Sep 2018